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... side of a lake ( Wan ) about twenty miles to the eastward of Malung . This was an area , in the form of a half circle , the diameter of which might be about two or three hundred paces , marked by a pathway cut through the forest . This ...
... side of a lake ( Wan ) about twenty miles to the eastward of Malung . This was an area , in the form of a half circle , the diameter of which might be about two or three hundred paces , marked by a pathway cut through the forest . This ...
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... side of the lake . Its escape , however , was next to impos- sible , as , to guard against a circumstance of this kind happening , several boats had been previously stationed on the water ; these went in immediate pursuit , when a shot ...
... side of the lake . Its escape , however , was next to impos- sible , as , to guard against a circumstance of this kind happening , several boats had been previously stationed on the water ; these went in immediate pursuit , when a shot ...
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... side , they kept the closest and most tangled brakes ; and the people , as is usual on these ocea- sions , proceeded at a very slow pace . " Beginning to tire at last with remain- ing so long idle in the same position , I advanced alone ...
... side , they kept the closest and most tangled brakes ; and the people , as is usual on these ocea- sions , proceeded at a very slow pace . " Beginning to tire at last with remain- ing so long idle in the same position , I advanced alone ...
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... side , he might still have escaped ; but , instead of adopt- ing this prudent course , he attempted to drive the muzzle of his gun , to which , however , no bayonet was attached , down the throat of the enraged brute . This attack the ...
... side , he might still have escaped ; but , instead of adopt- ing this prudent course , he attempted to drive the muzzle of his gun , to which , however , no bayonet was attached , down the throat of the enraged brute . This attack the ...
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... side of a little ra- vine , and taking aim at the monster , whose attention was occupied by the cur , with a gun , a mere plaything , only two feet long , and of which the cock was so defective that he was obliged to hold it back with ...
... side of a little ra- vine , and taking aim at the monster , whose attention was occupied by the cur , with a gun , a mere plaything , only two feet long , and of which the cock was so defective that he was obliged to hold it back with ...
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