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However , the captain , who was now as sorry as any body for his imprudence , did what he could to console me , promising , that as soon as we should arrive at Mocca , he would send me on - shore , have me well taken care of ...
However , the captain , who was now as sorry as any body for his imprudence , did what he could to console me , promising , that as soon as we should arrive at Mocca , he would send me on - shore , have me well taken care of ...
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ment ; we were seventeen days going from Suez to Alexandria , where I arrived safe ; and finding no part of my regiment there , I was joined and did duty with the marines , which I did for about ten or twelve days ; then I was sent back ...
ment ; we were seventeen days going from Suez to Alexandria , where I arrived safe ; and finding no part of my regiment there , I was joined and did duty with the marines , which I did for about ten or twelve days ; then I was sent back ...
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We accordingly moved forward about four , and arrived at the enemy's head - quarters before daylight ; but they had retired as soon as they heard our drums and bugles , and taken a position about two miles further up , where they ...
We accordingly moved forward about four , and arrived at the enemy's head - quarters before daylight ; but they had retired as soon as they heard our drums and bugles , and taken a position about two miles further up , where they ...
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Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger | 1 |
Travels of M Burckhardt in Egypt and Nubia | 1 |
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