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• The altitude of the town is about 800 feet above the Lake. —  The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I
• Not a problem, if any of you would learn what this town is about and how the people live here, year after year. —  EQMM, Sep - Oct 2006
• Spring seemed already here and summer treading upon her heels, for the town was all slush and mud from a decided "soft snap," the thermometer standing well above freezing for days in succession A visitor to this place is struck by the number of articles made from walrus ivory exposed for sale, chief amongst them being cribbage-boards. —  Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska
• Bayard took part in the assault on the town, and was wounded therein, so severely that he said to his fellow-captain, the lord of Molart Comrade, march your men forward; the town is ours. —  Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French.
• The course that at first sight seemed the most obvious--to enter the town, give the alarm at the town hall, and set the tocsin ringing--he rejected; for while the town was arming, the three hundred who had entered might seize the Porte Neuve, and so secure the entrance of the main body These calculations occupied no more than a few seconds: then, his mind made up to the course he must pursue, he crawled as quickly, but also as quietly, as he could along the dark parapets until he gained the leads of the Tertasse. —  The Long Night

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