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At Christmas we reached the bank of the river . Christmas ! The season for holiday - making and laughter even in our remote jungle camp . Christmas ! Four months gone out of the nine ! I cut short the festivities only five months left ...
At Christmas we reached the bank of the river . Christmas ! The season for holiday - making and laughter even in our remote jungle camp . Christmas ! Four months gone out of the nine ! I cut short the festivities only five months left ...
Page 240
It was a strange sensation to be standing on the actual bed of the river , far below water - level outside , and to know that all round us , held back only by the steel sides of the caisson , was the river .
It was a strange sensation to be standing on the actual bed of the river , far below water - level outside , and to know that all round us , held back only by the steel sides of the caisson , was the river .
Page 241
He swung the enginedriver over his shoulder despite his yells of alarm , marched straight down to the edge of the river , and flung the squealing man into a deep pool . " Food for crocodiles ! That is all you are fit for , " he shrilled ...
He swung the enginedriver over his shoulder despite his yells of alarm , marched straight down to the edge of the river , and flung the squealing man into a deep pool . " Food for crocodiles ! That is all you are fit for , " he shrilled ...
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