The Mishmee hills, an account of an attempt to penetrate Thibet from Assam1873 |
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... perpendicularly through the calm morning air , while a lurid glare , lighting up the decks , grew in brightness as the flame increased in volume and roar . Suddenly I spoke , as though addressing some one at my elbow , ' We are on fire , '
... perpendicularly through the calm morning air , while a lurid glare , lighting up the decks , grew in brightness as the flame increased in volume and roar . Suddenly I spoke , as though addressing some one at my elbow , ' We are on fire , '
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... morning brought us to the river , where a large boat awaited us , embarking on board of which we continued up river , and reached the rendezvous late in the afternoon . Several of the party had already arrived , and the camp , which was ...
... morning brought us to the river , where a large boat awaited us , embarking on board of which we continued up river , and reached the rendezvous late in the afternoon . Several of the party had already arrived , and the camp , which was ...
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... morning for a stretch of thick grass jungle about two miles from camp . In default of a horse , I mounted a pad elephant to accompany the others , and beat up pigs , taking a fowling- piece , in the hopes of picking up some snipe and ...
... morning for a stretch of thick grass jungle about two miles from camp . In default of a horse , I mounted a pad elephant to accompany the others , and beat up pigs , taking a fowling- piece , in the hopes of picking up some snipe and ...
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... morning , and after a hurried breakfast the howdahs were fixed , ammunition and lunch stowed away , and the party started in quest of his striped majesty . The shikaries who had brought the news soon led us to the nullah where the game ...
... morning , and after a hurried breakfast the howdahs were fixed , ammunition and lunch stowed away , and the party started in quest of his striped majesty . The shikaries who had brought the news soon led us to the nullah where the game ...
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... morning after the separation of our party , we commenced beating some high grass country in the hope of finding an outlying tiger , but for several hours nothing was found save an occasional deer , and we were beginning to despair of ...
... morning after the separation of our party , we commenced beating some high grass country in the hope of finding an outlying tiger , but for several hours nothing was found save an occasional deer , and we were beginning to despair of ...
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