Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 297William Blackwood, 1965 |
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Page 128
... feet above the river . It seemed incredible that there were times when floodwater could reach to within a few feet of these houses , yet the evidence of flooding was there in whole trees uprooted and flung down at odd angles across the ...
... feet above the river . It seemed incredible that there were times when floodwater could reach to within a few feet of these houses , yet the evidence of flooding was there in whole trees uprooted and flung down at odd angles across the ...
Page 165
... feet in diameter and with a ceiling six feet high . Like the rest , too , it was plastered with tough white mortar . Steps led from it to one of the buildings , near which was a small circular construction that might once have been a ...
... feet in diameter and with a ceiling six feet high . Like the rest , too , it was plastered with tough white mortar . Steps led from it to one of the buildings , near which was a small circular construction that might once have been a ...
Page 170
... feet wide and no steeper than the end of a railway plat- form . I looked over the edge at the way I had come and laughed . The man with the goitre smiled and on this friendly note we parted , myself , edging cautiously past the mule ...
... feet wide and no steeper than the end of a railway plat- form . I looked over the edge at the way I had come and laughed . The man with the goitre smiled and on this friendly note we parted , myself , edging cautiously past the mule ...
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