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Page 631
... Timbuktu , that soon the fortunes of a new war would throw this obscure region into sudden world prominence ; that little - known Dakar , where we landed , was to be the scene of an important naval battle ; that the des- tiny of ...
... Timbuktu , that soon the fortunes of a new war would throw this obscure region into sudden world prominence ; that little - known Dakar , where we landed , was to be the scene of an important naval battle ; that the des- tiny of ...
Page 647
... Timbuktu I had the sensation of a former expedition when I first saw the " great , grey - green , greasy Limpopo River , all set about with fever trees , " made famous by Kipling in his Elephant's Child . Seen from afar , Timbuktu looks ...
... Timbuktu I had the sensation of a former expedition when I first saw the " great , grey - green , greasy Limpopo River , all set about with fever trees , " made famous by Kipling in his Elephant's Child . Seen from afar , Timbuktu looks ...
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... Timbuktu . Each camel was carrying , carefully balanced and strapped to its sides , two or more blocks of salt resembling slabs of marble , about 4 feet long , 2 feet wide , and perhaps 6 inches thick . Twice a year , in spring and fall ...
... Timbuktu . Each camel was carrying , carefully balanced and strapped to its sides , two or more blocks of salt resembling slabs of marble , about 4 feet long , 2 feet wide , and perhaps 6 inches thick . Twice a year , in spring and fall ...
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Classic Greece Merges Into 1941 News 19 illustrations from photographs 15 illustrations | 93 |
Foremost Fiber of the World By J R HILDEBRAND | 137 |
Echoes from Yugoslavia 16 illustrations from photographs 793 | 152 |
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