Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 253William Blackwood, 1943 |
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Page 92
... boat nosing up the River Noire at the boiling foot of Catspaw Rapids was just twenty feet long with a five - foot beam . For all the lightness of the craft's construction its powerful motor obviously could not force a way against the ...
... boat nosing up the River Noire at the boiling foot of Catspaw Rapids was just twenty feet long with a five - foot beam . For all the lightness of the craft's construction its powerful motor obviously could not force a way against the ...
Page 308
... boats lying on their oars , and in a flash , literally , they were gone . Burnt right out . It must have been mercifully quick , thank God , but it shook us to the bunt . They had appeared so safe ; for the U - boat , which now made off ...
... boats lying on their oars , and in a flash , literally , they were gone . Burnt right out . It must have been mercifully quick , thank God , but it shook us to the bunt . They had appeared so safe ; for the U - boat , which now made off ...
Page 309
... boat . Everything sticky . Some August 5th . - Wind backed to S.W. Heavy squalls . Double reefed . Blow- ing hard . Down mast and sail . Out sea - anchor . P.M. weather moderating . Heat and thirst increasing . Making some progress in ...
... boat . Everything sticky . Some August 5th . - Wind backed to S.W. Heavy squalls . Double reefed . Blow- ing hard . Down mast and sail . Out sea - anchor . P.M. weather moderating . Heat and thirst increasing . Making some progress in ...
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CONTENTS | 11 |
NEAR THING BY REGINALD HARGREAVES | 245 |
NEW ORDER IN JAPAN | 294 |
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