The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 56National Geographic Society, 1929 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 296
... head , like pulling off a sock . The vertebræ of the neck are next dislocated by a violent side jerk and the head cut off . The brains are removed through holes in the skull , and all adhering flesh that can be conveniently scraped off ...
... head , like pulling off a sock . The vertebræ of the neck are next dislocated by a violent side jerk and the head cut off . The brains are removed through holes in the skull , and all adhering flesh that can be conveniently scraped off ...
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... head was spared . Still not knowing that any- one was in the tree house , we went back to the river's edge , at a point that seemed a landing place for ca- noes . Upon reaching it I heard a shout from Peck , who was still in the plane ...
... head was spared . Still not knowing that any- one was in the tree house , we went back to the river's edge , at a point that seemed a landing place for ca- noes . Upon reaching it I heard a shout from Peck , who was still in the plane ...
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... head one , is to over- take and to " bump " —that is , to touch— some part of the boat ahead with the bow of its own . The head boat , which secures its exalted position owing to a victory in the preceding year , must keep away from all ...
... head one , is to over- take and to " bump " —that is , to touch— some part of the boat ahead with the bow of its own . The head boat , which secures its exalted position owing to a victory in the preceding year , must keep away from all ...
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