Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 236William Blackwood, 1934 - England |
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Page 278
... boats rise and fall on the mighty swell ; on rough days , if they are wise , they seek refuge in some shel- tered bay . A graveyard coast indeed ! Only the week before , we had had a message that a gas- boat had been stolen from a ...
... boats rise and fall on the mighty swell ; on rough days , if they are wise , they seek refuge in some shel- tered bay . A graveyard coast indeed ! Only the week before , we had had a message that a gas- boat had been stolen from a ...
Page 283
... boat developed engine trouble , and he'd anchored hop- ing she'd ride out the storm , but she was blown nearer and nearer to the rocks . She was a new boat , and had cost him nearly all his savings , some two thousand dollars . So he ...
... boat developed engine trouble , and he'd anchored hop- ing she'd ride out the storm , but she was blown nearer and nearer to the rocks . She was a new boat , and had cost him nearly all his savings , some two thousand dollars . So he ...
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... boat heavy . " fresh seamen down the falls to help the weary crew. rolling in the sharp constricted manner of a ship ... boat in this sea ? " " " Sorr , " he replied , " this is no use for the motor - boat , she is stiff and unhandy . I ...
... boat heavy . " fresh seamen down the falls to help the weary crew. rolling in the sharp constricted manner of a ship ... boat in this sea ? " " " Sorr , " he replied , " this is no use for the motor - boat , she is stiff and unhandy . I ...
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MAGAS LOGcontd | 140 |
A BRUSH WITH MANCHURIAN BANDITS BY CAPTAIN J V | 302 |
A BOTANIST ON THE HOLY MOUNTAIN BY SIR ARTHUR W HILL | 649 |
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