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... boats . Two melancholy instances of drowning occurred in these services : both were privates , -William Bennie and Joseph Maxwell ; the former by the upsetting of a boat while he was employed in surveying the islands of Loch Strangford ...
... boats . Two melancholy instances of drowning occurred in these services : both were privates , -William Bennie and Joseph Maxwell ; the former by the upsetting of a boat while he was employed in surveying the islands of Loch Strangford ...
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... boats . A butcher's shop was likewise run up , and cottages erected for the guachos and their major - domo , as well as a small calf - house on Long Island and a large wooden peat- house at Town Moss . To add to the variety of their ...
... boats . A butcher's shop was likewise run up , and cottages erected for the guachos and their major - domo , as well as a small calf - house on Long Island and a large wooden peat- house at Town Moss . To add to the variety of their ...
Side 17
... boat- like section to the water , and a broad deck for the superstruc- ture . It possesses also the advantage of a horizontal section gradually enlarging to the highest point of displacement , by which means stability and steadiness in ...
... boat- like section to the water , and a broad deck for the superstruc- ture . It possesses also the advantage of a horizontal section gradually enlarging to the highest point of displacement , by which means stability and steadiness in ...
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... heavy surf , and as boats refused to venture out , the men , women , and children were borne to land on the backs of nude blacks . augmentation to the corps , but reduced one company of 1845. ] 39 ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS . 1845. ...
... heavy surf , and as boats refused to venture out , the men , women , and children were borne to land on the backs of nude blacks . augmentation to the corps , but reduced one company of 1845. ] 39 ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS . 1845. ...
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... boats , were among their roughest tasks , accompanied as they were with the necessity of wading in the water on sharp stony beaches , which destroyed in a week or two the strongest boots . The wear and tear of clothes was almost ruinous ...
... boats , were among their roughest tasks , accompanied as they were with the necessity of wading in the water on sharp stony beaches , which destroyed in a week or two the strongest boots . The wear and tear of clothes was almost ruinous ...
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The History of the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners, Volum 2 Thomas William John Connolly Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1855 |
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