Indian Dust DevilsHobbs, 1937 - 138 pages |
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... Devils and vultures . In cantonments , Dust Devils generally form near the cookhouses , which seems to show they need something to give them a start . It may be that heat from the fires brings down cooler air from the upper altitudes to ...
... Devils and vultures . In cantonments , Dust Devils generally form near the cookhouses , which seems to show they need something to give them a start . It may be that heat from the fires brings down cooler air from the upper altitudes to ...
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... always in memory the fate of the aggres- sive total abstainers who acted as if they were the Epsom salts of the earth and drank lemonade considered by pious people a good drink even in bad company ? 20 INDIAN DUST DEVILS.
... always in memory the fate of the aggres- sive total abstainers who acted as if they were the Epsom salts of the earth and drank lemonade considered by pious people a good drink even in bad company ? 20 INDIAN DUST DEVILS.
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... devils , being one himself . " Not appreciating this he said : " Send one of the Kafir Sikhs down ; it is their proper place to be in Jehanum . " Soba Singh , the Sikh Jemadar , asked to be allowed 54 INDIAN DUST DEVILS.
... devils , being one himself . " Not appreciating this he said : " Send one of the Kafir Sikhs down ; it is their proper place to be in Jehanum . " Soba Singh , the Sikh Jemadar , asked to be allowed 54 INDIAN DUST DEVILS.
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