The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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Page 522
... sometimes they attach themselves to cot- tages and prove zealous guardians . Mr. Talbot Kelly relates how they resent the intrusion of strangers and how sometimes , when riding his pony , he was attacked by pigs and forced to retire ...
... sometimes they attach themselves to cot- tages and prove zealous guardians . Mr. Talbot Kelly relates how they resent the intrusion of strangers and how sometimes , when riding his pony , he was attacked by pigs and forced to retire ...
Page 567
... sometimes so narrow that there is scarcely room for a man , but the heavy floats at the side , stretched out horizontally like hurdles , make collapse almost impossible even in the wildest surf , and the lore , the instincts of ...
... sometimes so narrow that there is scarcely room for a man , but the heavy floats at the side , stretched out horizontally like hurdles , make collapse almost impossible even in the wildest surf , and the lore , the instincts of ...
Page 1031
... Sometimes the fireflies break the purple darkness with their emerald sparks of light , and sometimes , too , a great cloud of dragon - flies , “ children of the Pampas wind , " flee before the dreaded windstorms of the plains . No less ...
... Sometimes the fireflies break the purple darkness with their emerald sparks of light , and sometimes , too , a great cloud of dragon - flies , “ children of the Pampas wind , " flee before the dreaded windstorms of the plains . No less ...
Contents
INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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