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... hours of the night had passed , and I was lying in that state between waking and sleeping , wherein sounds , though heard indistinctly , seem to repeat themselves like echoes - sometimes near , at other times far off . In this way I had ...
... hours of the night had passed , and I was lying in that state between waking and sleeping , wherein sounds , though heard indistinctly , seem to repeat themselves like echoes - sometimes near , at other times far off . In this way I had ...
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... hours did we lie off the burning ship , watching the maddened antics of those despairing ones on her decks . In the meanwhile we were joined by another boat , one of those swamped in launching , which had been baled . out by the Chinese ...
... hours did we lie off the burning ship , watching the maddened antics of those despairing ones on her decks . In the meanwhile we were joined by another boat , one of those swamped in launching , which had been baled . out by the Chinese ...
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... hour sharply catechised me on all the countries I had visited . Population , products , routes , rivers , and mountains were all noticed with an accuracy which showed a knowledge of Asiatic geography very unusual ; never before or since ...
... hour sharply catechised me on all the countries I had visited . Population , products , routes , rivers , and mountains were all noticed with an accuracy which showed a knowledge of Asiatic geography very unusual ; never before or since ...
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... hour was spent in trying to beat him out , until , at last , the patience of the party being exhausted , it was suggested that I should shoot it . This was not an easy matter , as the long grass and reeds in the nullah were so thick ...
... hour was spent in trying to beat him out , until , at last , the patience of the party being exhausted , it was suggested that I should shoot it . This was not an easy matter , as the long grass and reeds in the nullah were so thick ...
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... hour the report of a rifle some distance down the nullah announced that the enemy had made his appearance . After a few minutes ' silence , a shout informed us that the shot was unsuccessful , and that the tiger had doubled back ...
... hour the report of a rifle some distance down the nullah announced that the enemy had made his appearance . After a few minutes ' silence , a shout informed us that the shot was unsuccessful , and that the tiger had doubled back ...
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