Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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... thousands upon thousands of sea - birds which from your point of observation seem as fluttering bits of paper impelled along where except probably in New Zealand and in Scotland . You are now standing as it were on a raised center of a ...
... thousands upon thousands of sea - birds which from your point of observation seem as fluttering bits of paper impelled along where except probably in New Zealand and in Scotland . You are now standing as it were on a raised center of a ...
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... thousand feet , and it seems as though you were looking from some van- tage ground upward to the gates of heaven , guarded by a fluttering host . What a pic- ture for the pencil of a Dore ! The summits of these mountains have been ...
... thousand feet , and it seems as though you were looking from some van- tage ground upward to the gates of heaven , guarded by a fluttering host . What a pic- ture for the pencil of a Dore ! The summits of these mountains have been ...
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... thousand and thirty - two feet in height , and it may be easily reached by rail , carriage and saddle horse . From its summit one may get a view of Hawaii , Molokai , Lanai and Kahoolawe . The trip is often made by tourists who wish to ...
... thousand and thirty - two feet in height , and it may be easily reached by rail , carriage and saddle horse . From its summit one may get a view of Hawaii , Molokai , Lanai and Kahoolawe . The trip is often made by tourists who wish to ...
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... thousand feet . The pit of Halemaumau is also an irregular circle , a miniature of the greater crater . Its diameter is estimated at from 1300 to 1800 feet . The walls rise almost vertically , and , in some parts , overhang the awful ...
... thousand feet . The pit of Halemaumau is also an irregular circle , a miniature of the greater crater . Its diameter is estimated at from 1300 to 1800 feet . The walls rise almost vertically , and , in some parts , overhang the awful ...
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... thousands of the imported vines and flowers , and these do better in Hawaii than on their native heath . The Bougain- villiers vine , named after an admiral of the British navy , and a native of India , grows in profusion , and its ...
... thousands of the imported vines and flowers , and these do better in Hawaii than on their native heath . The Bougain- villiers vine , named after an admiral of the British navy , and a native of India , grows in profusion , and its ...
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