Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 167J. Mason., 1900 |
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... miles . Again he passes through scat- tered villages ; the rumour of the waiting enemy gathers volume at every step . Half a mile from the cross - roads where the ambush is laid , the white man and his Malays creep across a bog and ...
... miles . Again he passes through scat- tered villages ; the rumour of the waiting enemy gathers volume at every step . Half a mile from the cross - roads where the ambush is laid , the white man and his Malays creep across a bog and ...
Էջ 15
... miles , the white man forces the pace , and his Malays pant and lag in his wake . Soon they are half a mile behind , and when he turns a sharp corner and runs violently against an armed native , he is alone . The man leaps clear , and ...
... miles , the white man forces the pace , and his Malays pant and lag in his wake . Soon they are half a mile behind , and when he turns a sharp corner and runs violently against an armed native , he is alone . The man leaps clear , and ...
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... mile . The Sikhs and the European officer who are shepherding the rear are working hard to hurry their charges forward . At last the column forms up again , the gun is taken to pieces and car- ried on the shoulders of the gunners , and ...
... mile . The Sikhs and the European officer who are shepherding the rear are working hard to hurry their charges forward . At last the column forms up again , the gun is taken to pieces and car- ried on the shoulders of the gunners , and ...
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... miles of villages ; in impounding flocks of cattle ; in writing the anger of the Government plainly on the place , so that even an illiterate people may read it clearly . Meanwhile the political agent and his scouts are busy - they in ...
... miles of villages ; in impounding flocks of cattle ; in writing the anger of the Government plainly on the place , so that even an illiterate people may read it clearly . Meanwhile the political agent and his scouts are busy - they in ...
Էջ 46
... miles very rough road . Walked to Telegraph Hill and various spots on the battle- field . Lunched in a cool spot outside an orchard shaded with poplars and willows on bank of the river . " 24th . - Started at 10 in a launch for Inkerman ...
... miles very rough road . Walked to Telegraph Hill and various spots on the battle- field . Lunched in a cool spot outside an orchard shaded with poplars and willows on bank of the river . " 24th . - Started at 10 in a launch for Inkerman ...
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