Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 287W. Blackwood, 1960 - England |
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Page 269
... soon as we were ready to start building . That done , Husseni arranged for a local carpenter to make wooden moulds for the production of mud- bricks . I then sat down for my first excursion into the realms of architecture . It is ...
... soon as we were ready to start building . That done , Husseni arranged for a local carpenter to make wooden moulds for the production of mud- bricks . I then sat down for my first excursion into the realms of architecture . It is ...
Page 279
... soon if you are able to inspect the house and those who have worked on it . ' The dialect word which he used for ' inspect ' was a delightful angli- cisation of a good military word , ' ku - spekshun . ' I stored it away in my mind for ...
... soon if you are able to inspect the house and those who have worked on it . ' The dialect word which he used for ' inspect ' was a delightful angli- cisation of a good military word , ' ku - spekshun . ' I stored it away in my mind for ...
Page 549
... Soon the barking of the dogs told us that we were approaching it ; and we made our way cautiously towards a tiny wattle hut , the home of a very poor farmer . He knew Captain Kajiman well ( did he not win a Bahaduri in the Burma War ...
... Soon the barking of the dogs told us that we were approaching it ; and we made our way cautiously towards a tiny wattle hut , the home of a very poor farmer . He knew Captain Kajiman well ( did he not win a Bahaduri in the Burma War ...
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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