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Page 354
... boys may be seen rushing at full speed over the fields towards the walnut trees . When a tree is reached , one of the number climbs rapidly up , shakes off half a bushel of the nuts , and scrambles down again . Then they go to the next ...
... boys may be seen rushing at full speed over the fields towards the walnut trees . When a tree is reached , one of the number climbs rapidly up , shakes off half a bushel of the nuts , and scrambles down again . Then they go to the next ...
Page 355
... boys , struck with the plan , took it up , and in a few years it was generally used . A few repetitions alone are needed to establish a custom among boys ; and with boys , perhaps more than with primitive man , what is customary is ...
... boys , struck with the plan , took it up , and in a few years it was generally used . A few repetitions alone are needed to establish a custom among boys ; and with boys , perhaps more than with primitive man , what is customary is ...
Page 358
... boys in- creased partly because of the development of their system of land tenure — a need for a currency was felt , and accordingly they de- vised a currency . But to return to the subject of the owner- ship of land . At present all ...
... boys in- creased partly because of the development of their system of land tenure — a need for a currency was felt , and accordingly they de- vised a currency . But to return to the subject of the owner- ship of land . At present all ...
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Alaska The Seal Islands | 28 |
Glance at Shorthaud Past and Present | 43 |
A Tale of Early California H L Wright | 54 |
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