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... climbing steeply to the crest of a hill , then descending precipitously the other side : a process interminably re- peated until they reached the banks of the Sangu River , tired but- except for the Bengali constables -exhilarated .
... climbing steeply to the crest of a hill , then descending precipitously the other side : a process interminably re- peated until they reached the banks of the Sangu River , tired but- except for the Bengali constables -exhilarated .
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The city's drinking water came from the river , and the painted carts which carried the water to every house added to the gaiety of the streets . In the 1840s almost every one of the ten thousand houses had an ice - cellar , and fifty ...
The city's drinking water came from the river , and the painted carts which carried the water to every house added to the gaiety of the streets . In the 1840s almost every one of the ten thousand houses had an ice - cellar , and fifty ...
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From the north - west , across the river , there came another sound , not unlike that of the geese , a distant plaintive ululation . " Hounds , " said Charles . 66 They won't cross the river , " somebody said .
From the north - west , across the river , there came another sound , not unlike that of the geese , a distant plaintive ululation . " Hounds , " said Charles . 66 They won't cross the river , " somebody said .
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| Title | Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 309 Blackwood's Magazine |
| Publisher | William Blackwood, 1971 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 Mar 2022 |
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