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Page 42
... trees , entangled in the naked branches , floated the thin black clouds like the rags of some ample sinuous garment . The thin black clouds dragged themselves through the tree tops , tearing raggedly among the naked branches . The ...
... trees , entangled in the naked branches , floated the thin black clouds like the rags of some ample sinuous garment . The thin black clouds dragged themselves through the tree tops , tearing raggedly among the naked branches . The ...
Page 203
... trees grow dense , trees with enormous leaves and trees with the feathery foliage of the acacia , coconut trees and the areca palm with its long , straight white stem , bamboos and wild sago like huge bunches of ostrich feathers . Here ...
... trees grow dense , trees with enormous leaves and trees with the feathery foliage of the acacia , coconut trees and the areca palm with its long , straight white stem , bamboos and wild sago like huge bunches of ostrich feathers . Here ...
Page 225
... trees and shrubs ; but only these massive walls of great grey stones remain , and the quadrangle is a jungle of tropical vegetation . Opposite the fort is a large open space reaching down to the sea where huge trees grow , casuarinas ...
... trees and shrubs ; but only these massive walls of great grey stones remain , and the quadrangle is a jungle of tropical vegetation . Opposite the fort is a large open space reaching down to the sea where huge trees grow , casuarinas ...
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