Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 294W. Blackwood, 1963 |
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... turned to mud churned by innumer- able feet , including the soup - plate marks of elephant . The air was tinged with the stench of rotting vegetation - the true jungle smell- and often the bush was so dense that we had to crawl . And ...
... turned to mud churned by innumer- able feet , including the soup - plate marks of elephant . The air was tinged with the stench of rotting vegetation - the true jungle smell- and often the bush was so dense that we had to crawl . And ...
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... turned turtle ' , so often used figuratively of an involuntary overturning , is the actual description of how turtles were , and are caught , by being levered over on to their backs , thereby rendering them completely helpless . They ...
... turned turtle ' , so often used figuratively of an involuntary overturning , is the actual description of how turtles were , and are caught , by being levered over on to their backs , thereby rendering them completely helpless . They ...
Page 407
... turned black , extinguished by contrast , glittering again briefly on the narrow edges . He turned the club over , and again , from the dark base , the glow leaped up over the deep brown markings , through fawn to golden tan , lifting ...
... turned black , extinguished by contrast , glittering again briefly on the narrow edges . He turned the club over , and again , from the dark base , the glow leaped up over the deep brown markings , through fawn to golden tan , lifting ...
Contents
THE ART OF UNCLE JASON BY G E | 96 |
THE PRIDE OF MR LAIRD BY A M | 192 |
TWO DAYS BEFORE THE MAST BY HUGH POPHAM | 202 |
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