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Page 185
Belly Side Up , These Passengers Have " Turned Turtle " Sea turtles ' backs are well armored ; their stomachs are lightly covered . Therefore , they are turned top side down lest the tremendous weight stave in lungs and cause death .
Belly Side Up , These Passengers Have " Turned Turtle " Sea turtles ' backs are well armored ; their stomachs are lightly covered . Therefore , they are turned top side down lest the tremendous weight stave in lungs and cause death .
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Commerce and enterprise turned toward the East , and it was the hope of finding a shorter and safer route to the Indies that led the Spanish Court to furnish Columbus , who be- lieved the world was round , with a fleet .
Commerce and enterprise turned toward the East , and it was the hope of finding a shorter and safer route to the Indies that led the Spanish Court to furnish Columbus , who be- lieved the world was round , with a fleet .
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With that comforting thought we turned in . At midnight sleep was interrupted by the patter of rain and by thunder echoing omi- nously between the cliffs . Within five min- utes clouds seemed to burst ; rain descended in sheets .
With that comforting thought we turned in . At midnight sleep was interrupted by the patter of rain and by thunder echoing omi- nously between the cliffs . Within five min- utes clouds seemed to burst ; rain descended in sheets .
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