My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... RIVER UAUPÉS · • NATIVE HOUSE , WOKAN , ARU ISLANDS ( Where I lived two weeks in March , 1859 ) MAP OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO . MY FAITHFUL MALAY BOY - ALI . 1855-1862 ALFRED R. WALLACE . 1869 • ( From a photograph by Mr. Sims ) 66 320 ...
... RIVER UAUPÉS · • NATIVE HOUSE , WOKAN , ARU ISLANDS ( Where I lived two weeks in March , 1859 ) MAP OF THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO . MY FAITHFUL MALAY BOY - ALI . 1855-1862 ALFRED R. WALLACE . 1869 • ( From a photograph by Mr. Sims ) 66 320 ...
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... river here a different scene displayed , Its noisy roar seemed now a distant hum , Calm was the surface - and the stream was dumb , Silent though swift its course - and such I cried The life of man ! In youth swoll'n high with pride ...
... river here a different scene displayed , Its noisy roar seemed now a distant hum , Calm was the surface - and the stream was dumb , Silent though swift its course - and such I cried The life of man ! In youth swoll'n high with pride ...
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... river , and distant low hills to the left . The house itself was built close under this bank , which was quite rocky in places , and a little back yard between the kitchen and a steep bit of rock has always been clearly pictured before ...
... river , and distant low hills to the left . The house itself was built close under this bank , which was quite rocky in places , and a little back yard between the kitchen and a steep bit of rock has always been clearly pictured before ...
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... river on the owner's back . In those days of scanty population and abundant fish the river was not pre- served , and a number of men got their living , or part of it , by supplying the towns with salmon and trout in their season . It is ...
... river on the owner's back . In those days of scanty population and abundant fish the river was not pre- served , and a number of men got their living , or part of it , by supplying the towns with salmon and trout in their season . It is ...
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... rivers that they would supply a large amount of wholesome food were there not such a prejudice against them . Since this period of my early childhood I do not think I have ever eaten or even seen a lamprey . At this time I must have ...
... rivers that they would supply a large amount of wholesome food were there not such a prejudice against them . Since this period of my early childhood I do not think I have ever eaten or even seen a lamprey . At this time I must have ...
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