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... boats took me in , I making the fourth . They had found a very rich bed of shells and proposed to hire a second boat , and that I , with one of themselves , should keep constantly boating , whilst the other two kept filling . The shells ...
... boats took me in , I making the fourth . They had found a very rich bed of shells and proposed to hire a second boat , and that I , with one of themselves , should keep constantly boating , whilst the other two kept filling . The shells ...
Page 126
... boat was there before us . For an hour we lingered in the rain and wind , but no other boat . We knew then whose voices were silent forever , whose forms lay on their wet , sandy bed , whose souls were in the place of unalterable ...
... boat was there before us . For an hour we lingered in the rain and wind , but no other boat . We knew then whose voices were silent forever , whose forms lay on their wet , sandy bed , whose souls were in the place of unalterable ...
Page 127
... boat bore in sight going down ; it was proposed for me to get aboard and go to Sydney , and bring out some rations that night when it returned . I went . Among the crew were two young men who had been born and bred smugglers on the ...
... boat bore in sight going down ; it was proposed for me to get aboard and go to Sydney , and bring out some rations that night when it returned . I went . Among the crew were two young men who had been born and bred smugglers on the ...
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