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  • But the growing life, that in Lop-Ear and me had impelled us to venture away from the forest, had driven the puppies out of the cave to frolic.

    CHAPTER VIII 2010

  • Whether they were panic-stricken, or whether he was too close on their heels for them to attempt to scramble up the bluff to the crevices, I do not know; but at any rate they dashed into the wide-mouthed cave wherein Lop-Ear and I had played the afternoon before.

    CHAPTER VI 2010

  • Once again Lop-Ear tried to drag the arrow through the flesh, and I angrily stopped him.

    CHAPTER VII 2010

  • But the growing life, that in Lop-Ear and me had impelled us to venture away from the forest, had driven the puppies out of the cave to frolic.

    Chapter VIII 1906

  • Whether they were panic-stricken, or whether he was too close on their heels for them to attempt to scramble up the bluff to the crevices, I do not know; but at any rate they dashed into the wide-mouthed cave wherein Lop-Ear and I had played the afternoon before.

    Chapter VI 1906

  • Once again Lop-Ear tried to drag the arrow through the flesh, and I angrily stopped him.

    Chapter VII 1906

  • The merchant he had attached himself to said it was a salt basin, known as Lop Nor.

    The Eternal Mercenary Sadler, Barry 1980

  • Just at this spot the Tarim bends southwards, falling farther down into a very shallow lake called Lop-nor.

    From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

  • Formerly the river did not bend southwards, but proceeded straight on eastwards, terminating in another lake also called Lop-nor, which lay in the northern part of the desert, and which is mentioned in old Chinese geographies.

    From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

  • The level region over which the Lop-nor has wandered for thousands of years from north to south is called the Lop desert.

    From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

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