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Agno, let the killing of the dogs begin so that the canoe-men shall eat at due time.
CHAPTER XVI 2010
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This gave Van Horn the advantage over the approaching canoe-men, for the lantern, suspended through the barbed wire across the rail and well down, would clearly illuminate the occupants of the canoe while he was left in semi-darkness and shadow.
CHAPTER IX 2010
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Whereat he came to his feet, and in short, nervous phrases consigned all canoe-men and launch-captains to eternal perdition.
CHAPTER I 2010
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Our canoe-men invariably picked up every dead fish they saw on the surface of the water, however far gone.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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None of the Manganja being willing to take them down the river during the flood, three Makololo canoe-men agreed to go with them.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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This brought out the chief of these parts, who informed us that all the canoe-men were his children, and nothing could be done without his authority.
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A rough sea is dreaded by all these inland canoe-men; but though timid, they are by no means unskilful at their work.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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They were manned by his own canoe-men, who were to bring them back.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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Several were in the channel, and our canoe-men were afraid to venture down among them, because, as they affirm, there is commonly an ill-natured one in a herd, which takes a malignant pleasure in upsetting canoes.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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The canoe-men were quite positive that crocodiles frequently stun men by striking them with their tails, and then squat on them till they are drowned.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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