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Page 141
... island has evidently been raised from the sea at a com- paratively recent date and much of the interior is barren ... islands the mynah bird is seen everywhere ; but here there are no more than two or three that have recently been ...
... island has evidently been raised from the sea at a com- paratively recent date and much of the interior is barren ... islands the mynah bird is seen everywhere ; but here there are no more than two or three that have recently been ...
Page 214
... Island . The Browns , man and wife , run the hotel . She is a little stoutish woman in open - work blouses , with mar- celled dark hair . She is fond of a joke . She has keen , rather cunning eyes and a nose which is suspiciously red ...
... Island . The Browns , man and wife , run the hotel . She is a little stoutish woman in open - work blouses , with mar- celled dark hair . She is fond of a joke . She has keen , rather cunning eyes and a nose which is suspiciously red ...
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... island . The clouds were scudding across the sky . We played cards . The villagers notwithstand- ing the heavy sea went out in cutters and in the evening came back with four sea - cows . Everyone on the island assembled to watch the ...
... island . The clouds were scudding across the sky . We played cards . The villagers notwithstand- ing the heavy sea went out in cutters and in the evening came back with four sea - cows . Everyone on the island assembled to watch the ...
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