Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Հատոր 167J. Mason., 1900 |
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... river , across which they are ferried after a two hours ' march . At each village fresh rumours reach them of the waiting enemy ahead . On reaching the right bank of the river the white man again makes his way into the forest ...
... river , across which they are ferried after a two hours ' march . At each village fresh rumours reach them of the waiting enemy ahead . On reaching the right bank of the river the white man again makes his way into the forest ...
Էջ 17
... river is babbling angrily in its bed ; the night is intensely dark ; overhead the sky re- With the darkness the rain veals no rift ; the rain comes score of fires . Pickets of Sikhs surround the camp , guarding it at a little distance ...
... river is babbling angrily in its bed ; the night is intensely dark ; overhead the sky re- With the darkness the rain veals no rift ; the rain comes score of fires . Pickets of Sikhs surround the camp , guarding it at a little distance ...
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... river ! " Through the gloom comes the angry murmur of the waters , sounding like the mutter of a distant crowd . The commander drags himself up and gives the necessary instructions . In twenty minutes the column has formed up in ...
... river ! " Through the gloom comes the angry murmur of the waters , sounding like the mutter of a distant crowd . The commander drags himself up and gives the necessary instructions . In twenty minutes the column has formed up in ...
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... river in flood - time at a point half a mile farther down - stream . Can he find that place after this lapse of time , and in the dark ? He wonders ; but the column must be across the stream before the day breaks or the game is lost ...
... river in flood - time at a point half a mile farther down - stream . Can he find that place after this lapse of time , and in the dark ? He wonders ; but the column must be across the stream before the day breaks or the game is lost ...
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... river into the impenetrable darkness , which is shadowed by the jungle on the banks . He fights for his life to maintain his foot- ing , for , strong swimmer though he be , the river in spate would bear him a mile or so into the enemy's ...
... river into the impenetrable darkness , which is shadowed by the jungle on the banks . He fights for his life to maintain his foot- ing , for , strong swimmer though he be , the river in spate would bear him a mile or so into the enemy's ...
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