Eight Years' Wanderings in CeylonLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855 - 423 стор. |
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... yards of the spot , and the trunks required for the dam were about fifteen feet long and fourteen to eighteen inches in dia- meter . These she carried in her mouth , shifting her hold along the log before she raised it until she had ...
... yards of the spot , and the trunks required for the dam were about fifteen feet long and fourteen to eighteen inches in dia- meter . These she carried in her mouth , shifting her hold along the log before she raised it until she had ...
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... yards with my two - grooved four - ounce rifle with a reduced charge of six drachms of powder , and a ball of pure lead . It bulged the iron like a piece of putty , and split the centre of the bulged spot into a star , through the ...
... yards with my two - grooved four - ounce rifle with a reduced charge of six drachms of powder , and a ball of pure lead . It bulged the iron like a piece of putty , and split the centre of the bulged spot into a star , through the ...
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... yards , and thought what a raking that rifle would give a body of troops in such colours for a mark . A ball of that weight , with an ounce of powder , eight men in a row . would knock down six or A dozen of such weapons well handled on ...
... yards , and thought what a raking that rifle would give a body of troops in such colours for a mark . A ball of that weight , with an ounce of powder , eight men in a row . would knock down six or A dozen of such weapons well handled on ...
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... yards , and the immense forest trees extend their giant arms from the high banks above the stream , throwing dark shadows upon its surface , enlivened by the silvery glitter of the fish as they dart against the current . Little glades ...
... yards , and the immense forest trees extend their giant arms from the high banks above the stream , throwing dark shadows upon its surface , enlivened by the silvery glitter of the fish as they dart against the current . Little glades ...
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... yards ' distance , at which range nearly every shot must be fatal . In Africa , according to all accounts , elephants are fired at at thirty , forty , and even at sixty yards . It is no wonder , therefore , that African sportsmen take ...
... yards ' distance , at which range nearly every shot must be fatal . In Africa , according to all accounts , elephants are fired at at thirty , forty , and even at sixty yards . It is no wonder , therefore , that African sportsmen take ...
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