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... hundred fathoms depth , indeed of unknown depth , for if we threw a stone into it , it was a space before we heard the sound of it . Outside of the garden there was also another well of the same descrip- tion . At the foot of the hill ...
... hundred fathoms depth , indeed of unknown depth , for if we threw a stone into it , it was a space before we heard the sound of it . Outside of the garden there was also another well of the same descrip- tion . At the foot of the hill ...
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... Hundreds went to see it , myself amongst the number ; and true enough , they had dug holes about one fathom square , of great depth to their desire . Then they dug the earth at the side of these wells , at about a fathom distance , in ...
... Hundreds went to see it , myself amongst the number ; and true enough , they had dug holes about one fathom square , of great depth to their desire . Then they dug the earth at the side of these wells , at about a fathom distance , in ...
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... he should return and obtain sixty or seventy men to go with him ; and should they be caught , he asked , what will be the agreement ? On this Colonel Farquhar said that he would give a hundred dollars for every one 28 HAKAYIT ABDULLA .
... he should return and obtain sixty or seventy men to go with him ; and should they be caught , he asked , what will be the agreement ? On this Colonel Farquhar said that he would give a hundred dollars for every one 28 HAKAYIT ABDULLA .
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... hundred dollars for every one brought into the town . To this the Pawang replied , " Very good ; but the cost of the operations are to be on you , and to commence with , I wish a little advance . " This was assented to , when the Pawang ...
... hundred dollars for every one brought into the town . To this the Pawang replied , " Very good ; but the cost of the operations are to be on you , and to commence with , I wish a little advance . " This was assented to , when the Pawang ...
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... hundreds of men entered the jungle to drive the elephants ; and when they met with the herd they surrounded them at a distance , being thus engaged for six or seven days in this manner trending them to the fences . Now , between these ...
... hundreds of men entered the jungle to drive the elephants ; and when they met with the herd they surrounded them at a distance , being thus engaged for six or seven days in this manner trending them to the fences . Now , between these ...
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