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a strong man to prevent its escape , and often it disappears before the canoe is close enough . The second way , diving for turtle , is more skilful but more certain . Naturally Atoi chose the latter . Three of us tumbled into the water ...
a strong man to prevent its escape , and often it disappears before the canoe is close enough . The second way , diving for turtle , is more skilful but more certain . Naturally Atoi chose the latter . Three of us tumbled into the water ...
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By Saturday , 27th July , there remained only an unbroken line of large floes close inshore , many of them aground . The Norwegian who had been helping me realised better than I did that Mischief was now in peril .
By Saturday , 27th July , there remained only an unbroken line of large floes close inshore , many of them aground . The Norwegian who had been helping me realised better than I did that Mischief was now in peril .
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... when we were preparing to lay moorings in order to make an even more systematic search of the most likely resting place of our quarry , one of the boats , returning a little later than usual , came close and the old man hailed us .
... when we were preparing to lay moorings in order to make an even more systematic search of the most likely resting place of our quarry , one of the boats , returning a little later than usual , came close and the old man hailed us .
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