Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 254William Blackwood, 1943 |
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... course of their wanderings . One even- ing , at dusk , five or six Hunanese soldiers hobbled up to the door of our bungalow and pointed hopefully to their empty mouths . “ Mei ch'ih fan lo , " one of them explained . " This is your ...
... course of their wanderings . One even- ing , at dusk , five or six Hunanese soldiers hobbled up to the door of our bungalow and pointed hopefully to their empty mouths . “ Mei ch'ih fan lo , " one of them explained . " This is your ...
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... course . What could be more natural than a party of English sports- men wading across the marshes ? Each would have to be provided with a ' boy ' to carry his cartridges , of course , and once under cover of the islets , the game which ...
... course . What could be more natural than a party of English sports- men wading across the marshes ? Each would have to be provided with a ' boy ' to carry his cartridges , of course , and once under cover of the islets , the game which ...
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became necessary to part with it . I did not shape a course direct to base , but continued to head north to be over land in the shortest time . A direct course to base meant a hop almost entirely over the sea . With each minute that ...
became necessary to part with it . I did not shape a course direct to base , but continued to head north to be over land in the shortest time . A direct course to base meant a hop almost entirely over the sea . With each minute that ...
Contents
GEE | 210 |
A LITTLE RIVER OF OLD JAPAN BY SIR HAROLD PARLETT | 357 |
MEDICINEMANS CHILD | 373 |
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