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... run down this side of the peninsula . Their remarkably - shaped peaks · had been visible all day . Night closes suddenly , and by six it would be dark but for the red glow on the western horizon left by the sun , set behind the wave ...
... run down this side of the peninsula . Their remarkably - shaped peaks · had been visible all day . Night closes suddenly , and by six it would be dark but for the red glow on the western horizon left by the sun , set behind the wave ...
Page 34
... run towards them . Synd Bundoo , the follower of the Khan , whose name deserves to be recorded , refused his life on condition of surrender , and against two such swordsmen as Sivajee and his companion maintained an unequal combat for ...
... run towards them . Synd Bundoo , the follower of the Khan , whose name deserves to be recorded , refused his life on condition of surrender , and against two such swordsmen as Sivajee and his companion maintained an unequal combat for ...
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... run six miles an hour , and are relieved at intervals of from five to six miles . From Metapollium to Coimbatoor , letters are sent by a mail - cart , painted the orthodox red , with the letters V. R. The driver trumpets lustily , and ...
... run six miles an hour , and are relieved at intervals of from five to six miles . From Metapollium to Coimbatoor , letters are sent by a mail - cart , painted the orthodox red , with the letters V. R. The driver trumpets lustily , and ...
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... runs across from that capital four hundred and six miles , with branches south - east to Negapatam , one hundred and sixty - eight , west to Bangalore sixty - two , and north - east joining the Great Indian Peninsula to Bombay . A ...
... runs across from that capital four hundred and six miles , with branches south - east to Negapatam , one hundred and sixty - eight , west to Bangalore sixty - two , and north - east joining the Great Indian Peninsula to Bombay . A ...
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... runs a considerable distance parallel to the sea , and is crossed by the Madras railway over a wooden bridge , to be replaced by an iron one , the cylinders of which were sunk to a depth of sixty feet before a good bottom could be found ...
... runs a considerable distance parallel to the sea , and is crossed by the Madras railway over a wooden bridge , to be replaced by an iron one , the cylinders of which were sunk to a depth of sixty feet before a good bottom could be found ...
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