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Page 141
... walk , and it may be supposed that it was a brackish lake , now dried up ; and in one part there is still a small lake which not so very long ago must have been much larger . Besides the coconuts nothing much seems to grow except rank ...
... walk , and it may be supposed that it was a brackish lake , now dried up ; and in one part there is still a small lake which not so very long ago must have been much larger . Besides the coconuts nothing much seems to grow except rank ...
Page 142
... walk , peer- ing right and left , into every nook and cranny ; fish slither away frightened by the light ; and you have to walk carefully , since everywhere are great sea - hedgehogs capable of causing nasty wounds on the feet . There ...
... walk , peer- ing right and left , into every nook and cranny ; fish slither away frightened by the light ; and you have to walk carefully , since everywhere are great sea - hedgehogs capable of causing nasty wounds on the feet . There ...
Page 224
... walk about , the few you see , quietly , as though they were afraid to awaken the echo . No voice is raised . The children play without noise . Now and again you catch a sweet whiff of nutmeg . In the shops , all selling the same things ...
... walk about , the few you see , quietly , as though they were afraid to awaken the echo . No voice is raised . The children play without noise . Now and again you catch a sweet whiff of nutmeg . In the shops , all selling the same things ...
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