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We were now flying south - east over thick jungle , but from 500 feet it looked innocuous . The green carpet of the tree tops followed the general level of the ground beneath but larger trees stood out as individuals .
We were now flying south - east over thick jungle , but from 500 feet it looked innocuous . The green carpet of the tree tops followed the general level of the ground beneath but larger trees stood out as individuals .
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That was what we all believed ; yet my feet refused to confirm it . They insisted stubbornly that I was moving in the wrong direction , ascending a gradient sharper than it ought to be . Can a man argue with his extremi- ties ?
That was what we all believed ; yet my feet refused to confirm it . They insisted stubbornly that I was moving in the wrong direction , ascending a gradient sharper than it ought to be . Can a man argue with his extremi- ties ?
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The tiny whirl- pools at the end of each stroke were eight feet apart . I counted the feet gained : eight , sixteen , twenty- four ... Thetis Island lay low on the water five miles away . But even while De Courcy receded into the ...
The tiny whirl- pools at the end of each stroke were eight feet apart . I counted the feet gained : eight , sixteen , twenty- four ... Thetis Island lay low on the water five miles away . But even while De Courcy receded into the ...
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A DREAM OF THE DEAD BY BULWERLYTTON | 35 |
AN ANATOMY OF SATYAGRAHA BY JAMES HALLIDAY | 326 |
APRIL BIRD BY JUDITH M WARRINGTON | 575 |
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