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There was fire and food and rest , the White Man under a mosquito - net , the boys happily quartered on the village . Tales were told us round the fire of man - eating crocodiles in the river , and I decided to stay a few days at Mdyaka ...
There was fire and food and rest , the White Man under a mosquito - net , the boys happily quartered on the village . Tales were told us round the fire of man - eating crocodiles in the river , and I decided to stay a few days at Mdyaka ...
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As one by one the barricades should be abandoned each district was to be set on fire , and every portion that the insurgents should be forced to surrender was to be marked by a devouring line of furnaces .
As one by one the barricades should be abandoned each district was to be set on fire , and every portion that the insurgents should be forced to surrender was to be marked by a devouring line of furnaces .
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2 There is the inevitable discrepancy among writers about the exact time at which the Tuileries were set on fire , statements varying by at least six hours . Ludovic Hans , however , in his ' Second Siege de Paris ' ( p .
2 There is the inevitable discrepancy among writers about the exact time at which the Tuileries were set on fire , statements varying by at least six hours . Ludovic Hans , however , in his ' Second Siege de Paris ' ( p .
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