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At last the steamer altered her course and passed close astern of the yacht . Lively Lady had been less fortunate when she set off from England many days earlier . On her first night out a steamer had converged on her course also .
At last the steamer altered her course and passed close astern of the yacht . Lively Lady had been less fortunate when she set off from England many days earlier . On her first night out a steamer had converged on her course also .
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Drabness and cryptic patterns are of course protective , and when bright colours occur there is usually an obvious reason why . In poisonous reptiles they may serve as a warning , among birds they are used in sexual display , and by ...
Drabness and cryptic patterns are of course protective , and when bright colours occur there is usually an obvious reason why . In poisonous reptiles they may serve as a warning , among birds they are used in sexual display , and by ...
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Circe was still carrying a little way , right into the wind's eye , and I remained at the tiller ready to alter course to intercept , while Esau seized a boat - hook and poised ready to grab the dinghy if it came within reach .
Circe was still carrying a little way , right into the wind's eye , and I remained at the tiller ready to alter course to intercept , while Esau seized a boat - hook and poised ready to grab the dinghy if it came within reach .
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MY FIRST WINNER BY JOHN WELCOME | 43 |
A DISH OF CLAMS BY JOHN WELMAN | 70 |
PORTRAIT IN SHADOW BY HOWARD | 161 |
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