Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 287W. Blackwood, 1960 - England |
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Page 153
MY FATHER AND THE HIPPOPOTAMUS BY LEON HUGO " # PATH - FINDING IN THE GREAT NAFUD BY. My father's farm was in the bushveld of the eastern Transvaal , about thirty miles from the Kruger National Park . Wild animals therefore were common ...
MY FATHER AND THE HIPPOPOTAMUS BY LEON HUGO " # PATH - FINDING IN THE GREAT NAFUD BY. My father's farm was in the bushveld of the eastern Transvaal , about thirty miles from the Kruger National Park . Wild animals therefore were common ...
Page 154
... father could do except see that fires round the lands were kept going during the night . These usually protected the crops from the hippos ' darkling gambols , but during their two - months ' stay my father was an anxious and over ...
... father could do except see that fires round the lands were kept going during the night . These usually protected the crops from the hippos ' darkling gambols , but during their two - months ' stay my father was an anxious and over ...
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... father , and the din started . In addition to ten or so full - blooded yells , empty paraffin - tins clashed under smiting sticks and my father's rifle cracked five times as he fired into the air . Altogether it was a most discordant ...
... father , and the din started . In addition to ten or so full - blooded yells , empty paraffin - tins clashed under smiting sticks and my father's rifle cracked five times as he fired into the air . Altogether it was a most discordant ...
Contents
PATHFINDING IN THE GREAT NAFUD BY A DRUMMOND | 53 |
POINTS OF VIEW BY MARTIN GREEN | 62 |
RETURN BY BUDAPEST BY JAMES HANNAY | 78 |
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