VictoryModern Library, 1921 - 385 pages |
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Page 22
... passed from hand to hand . We greatly admired the map which accompanied them for the edification of the shareholders . On it Samburan was represented as the cen- tral spot of the Eastern Hemisphere with its name en- graved in enormous ...
... passed from hand to hand . We greatly admired the map which accompanied them for the edification of the shareholders . On it Samburan was represented as the cen- tral spot of the Eastern Hemisphere with its name en- graved in enormous ...
Page 27
... passed to the north of Samburan on purpose to see what was going on . At first , it looked as if that side of the island had been altogether abandoned . This was what he expected . Presently , above the dense mass of vegetation that ...
... passed to the north of Samburan on purpose to see what was going on . At first , it looked as if that side of the island had been altogether abandoned . This was what he expected . Presently , above the dense mass of vegetation that ...
Page 28
... passing to the south of Samburan , he made it his practice to take the passage along the north shore , within about a mile of the wharf . " He can see us if he likes to see us , " remarked David- son . Then he had an after - thought ...
... passing to the south of Samburan , he made it his practice to take the passage along the north shore , within about a mile of the wharf . " He can see us if he likes to see us , " remarked David- son . Then he had an after - thought ...
Page 30
... passing by — a very remote and unsatisfactory chance to wait for . Yes , he came out with Davidson , to whom he volunteered the statement that it was only for a short time a few days , no more . He meant to go back to Samburan ...
... passing by — a very remote and unsatisfactory chance to wait for . Yes , he came out with Davidson , to whom he volunteered the statement that it was only for a short time a few days , no more . He meant to go back to Samburan ...
Page 41
... passed that way lately . " Oh , yes . I always do - about half a mile off . " " Seen anybody about ? " " No , not a soul . Not a shadow . " " Did you blow your whistle ? " " Blow the whistle ? You think I would do such a thing ? " He ...
... passed that way lately . " Oh , yes . I always do - about half a mile off . " " Seen anybody about ? " " No , not a soul . Not a shadow . " " Did you blow your whistle ? " " Blow the whistle ? You think I would do such a thing ? " He ...
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