A Boy's Voyage Round the World: Including a Residence in Victoria, and a Journey by Rail Across North AmericaSamuel Smiles John Murray, 1871 - 304 páginas |
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... called out forthwith , " Stew- ard ! whisky ! " and he disposed of some seven or eight glasses in the saloon before the lamps were put out , after which he adjourned to one of the cabins , and there con- tinued the celebration of St ...
... called out forthwith , " Stew- ard ! whisky ! " and he disposed of some seven or eight glasses in the saloon before the lamps were put out , after which he adjourned to one of the cabins , and there con- tinued the celebration of St ...
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... called because so much water is thrown upon the deck that it ceases to have the frothy appearance of smaller seas when shipped , but looks a mass of solid green wa- ter . Our skipper afterward told us at dinner that the captain of the ...
... called because so much water is thrown upon the deck that it ceases to have the frothy appearance of smaller seas when shipped , but looks a mass of solid green wa- ter . Our skipper afterward told us at dinner that the captain of the ...
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... part of the group , having passed Cochon in the distance . Cochon is so called because of the number of wild pigs on the island . The largest , Pos- session Island , gave refuge to the shipwrecked crew of 58 ROUND THE WORLD .
... part of the group , having passed Cochon in the distance . Cochon is so called because of the number of wild pigs on the island . The largest , Pos- session Island , gave refuge to the shipwrecked crew of 58 ROUND THE WORLD .
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... called a digging township — that is , a township in which digging for gold is the principal branch of industry . When I told my companions what occupation I had before me , and where I was going , they tried to frighten me . They ...
... called a digging township — that is , a township in which digging for gold is the principal branch of industry . When I told my companions what occupation I had before me , and where I was going , they tried to frighten me . They ...
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... called . We entered into conversation , when I found he was going to Castlemaine , where he lived . He described it as a large up - country town , second only to Ballarat and Melbourne . But I was soon about to see the place with my own ...
... called . We entered into conversation , when I found he was going to Castlemaine , where he lived . He described it as a large up - country town , second only to Ballarat and Melbourne . But I was soon about to see the place with my own ...
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Página 226 - Clatter' as much as a few years ago they would have enjoyed the roasting of a missionary or the baking of a baby? "It was certainly a page in one's life never to be forgotten.