The Magazine of History: With Notes and Queries. Extra numbers, Issue 181, Volume 46 - Issue 188, Volume 47W. Abbatt., 1933 |
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... cattle , we concluded to make a short drive after night . The water on this part of our route , for some thirty miles , is strongly alkaline , and kills all the cattle that drink it . Saturday , June 8. - After a night of sound sleep ...
... cattle , we concluded to make a short drive after night . The water on this part of our route , for some thirty miles , is strongly alkaline , and kills all the cattle that drink it . Saturday , June 8. - After a night of sound sleep ...
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... cattle and stopped for the night - no grass on our side of the river . There is said to be a large meadow , abundantly supplied with grass , some twenty miles in advance of us . Made twenty miles to - day . Sunday , July 28. - Swam our ...
... cattle and stopped for the night - no grass on our side of the river . There is said to be a large meadow , abundantly supplied with grass , some twenty miles in advance of us . Made twenty miles to - day . Sunday , July 28. - Swam our ...
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... cattle at a place called Leek Springs Valley . It appears to me that the miles in the mountains are twice as long as those in the valley ; at any rate it takes us twice as long to travel them . It is with great difficulty that we can ...
... cattle at a place called Leek Springs Valley . It appears to me that the miles in the mountains are twice as long as those in the valley ; at any rate it takes us twice as long to travel them . It is with great difficulty that we can ...
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