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... veldt . When first seen it is as good as a tonic . It makes one feel joyous at the mere fact of being alive . But this feeling wears off with a week's trekking , especially when the season gets colder , or a night - march has miscarried ...
... veldt . When first seen it is as good as a tonic . It makes one feel joyous at the mere fact of being alive . But this feeling wears off with a week's trekking , especially when the season gets colder , or a night - march has miscarried ...
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... veldt . The rest of the Mount Nelson's and one squadron of the 21st King's Dragoons were at Hanover Road . One squadron of the 20th Dragoon Guards was at Richmond Road ; two squadrons were in the train on the way up from Cape Town . The ...
... veldt . The rest of the Mount Nelson's and one squadron of the 21st King's Dragoons were at Hanover Road . One squadron of the 20th Dragoon Guards was at Richmond Road ; two squadrons were in the train on the way up from Cape Town . The ...
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... veldt - the vast , mysterious , indescribable veldt ! But as treasure - trove is found when the tide is at its lowest ebb , so often when the wall of impossibility seems an insuperable mass of concrete , it is found to be the merest ...
... veldt - the vast , mysterious , indescribable veldt ! But as treasure - trove is found when the tide is at its lowest ebb , so often when the wall of impossibility seems an insuperable mass of concrete , it is found to be the merest ...
Side 31
Lionel James. solitude of the sleeping veldt , stood musing on its fringe , a voice hailed out of the dark- ness- " What ho ! Whose column is that ? " A moment more and a mounted man can- tered up , and a young Africander threw him- self ...
Lionel James. solitude of the sleeping veldt , stood musing on its fringe , a voice hailed out of the dark- ness- " What ho ! Whose column is that ? " A moment more and a mounted man can- tered up , and a young Africander threw him- self ...
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... veldt . The Tiger was leading his pony , and after he had tied it to the rail outside , they walked boldly up to the verandah . They were greeted by an excited dog , and a minute later the door was opened by a tall cadaverous - looking ...
... veldt . The Tiger was leading his pony , and after he had tied it to the rail outside , they walked boldly up to the verandah . They were greeted by an excited dog , and a minute later the door was opened by a tall cadaverous - looking ...
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