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... Mombasa again , the port of call of Arab dhows , Persian and Indian craft ; a place built so long ago that London was then no more than a primitive cluster of huts in the Thames mud . Mombasa with its baobab and frangi- pani , hibiscus ...
... Mombasa again , the port of call of Arab dhows , Persian and Indian craft ; a place built so long ago that London was then no more than a primitive cluster of huts in the Thames mud . Mombasa with its baobab and frangi- pani , hibiscus ...
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... Mombasa , is dead . Some said the Portuguese brought her centuries ago . She lived to a great age , long enough to be run over by a motor - car . Her carapace was preserved at the Manor Hotel when I was last there . I think she must ...
... Mombasa , is dead . Some said the Portuguese brought her centuries ago . She lived to a great age , long enough to be run over by a motor - car . Her carapace was preserved at the Manor Hotel when I was last there . I think she must ...
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... Mombasa , but I have an idea they would be hard to find nowadays . I spend hours staring into shops and shop - windows , and Mombasa is a good place for this sort of lazy pastime . Here you can find almost every curio , from Japanese ...
... Mombasa , but I have an idea they would be hard to find nowadays . I spend hours staring into shops and shop - windows , and Mombasa is a good place for this sort of lazy pastime . Here you can find almost every curio , from Japanese ...
Contents
ANIMALS LET YOU DOWN BY J K STANFORD | 404 |
AN UCKS FIRST GLIMPSES OF AUST BY JAMES HOPE | 436 |
ON HORSEBACK IN THE TRUCIAL STATES BY CAPTAIN A J RUNDELL R A | 465 |
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