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For what we saw— and we saw a great deal - we were entirely indebted to our elephants and the commanding view they gave us ; and the great prize of our riding was a close view , again and again , of the one - horned Indian rhinoceros ...
For what we saw— and we saw a great deal - we were entirely indebted to our elephants and the commanding view they gave us ; and the great prize of our riding was a close view , again and again , of the one - horned Indian rhinoceros ...
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We were nearly out , but as the tide weakened , the current began to set us towards the lee shore , and I saw that instead of passing the coast we were beginning to close it , and to close it with alarming rapidity .
We were nearly out , but as the tide weakened , the current began to set us towards the lee shore , and I saw that instead of passing the coast we were beginning to close it , and to close it with alarming rapidity .
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At the same moment we could see the buoys twinkling in the outer Calais harbour , Cape Gris Nez , the North and South Foreland lights ; while the East Goodwin lightship looked close enough for ramming , yet we were almost twelve miles ...
At the same moment we could see the buoys twinkling in the outer Calais harbour , Cape Gris Nez , the North and South Foreland lights ; while the East Goodwin lightship looked close enough for ramming , yet we were almost twelve miles ...
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A CHANTYMAN LOOKS BACK BY A H RASMUSSEN 254 | 97 |
ALONG THE HELL RUN BY PENELOPE GARLICK 545 | 248 |
A PACKAGETOUR OF INDIAII BY ERIC LINKLATER 55 | 341 |
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