Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 243William Blackwood, 1938 |
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Pagina 123
... pilot did mistake one of them for a village , with dire results . the mob of coolies euphemistic- ally termed the Chinese National Army were about to commit some unprintable atrocities . We river men were far from happy ; for some had ...
... pilot did mistake one of them for a village , with dire results . the mob of coolies euphemistic- ally termed the Chinese National Army were about to commit some unprintable atrocities . We river men were far from happy ; for some had ...
Pagina 135
... pilot's hands , but my confi- dence in him grew as he skilfully held to the deeper water of the very narrow channel ; though how he did it I could not tell , closely as I watched . Another rain squall came over and obscured the land . I ...
... pilot's hands , but my confi- dence in him grew as he skilfully held to the deeper water of the very narrow channel ; though how he did it I could not tell , closely as I watched . Another rain squall came over and obscured the land . I ...
Pagina 144
... PILOT'S. up to Ichang . Twenty miles above Yochow the steamer had been intercepted by bandits in sampans and fired on . Two of the crew were killed and the captain severely wounded ; whereupon the pilot had promptly taken charge , turned ...
... PILOT'S. up to Ichang . Twenty miles above Yochow the steamer had been intercepted by bandits in sampans and fired on . Two of the crew were killed and the captain severely wounded ; whereupon the pilot had promptly taken charge , turned ...
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