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This section of country, being higher and more rolling than that in the neighborhood of Booneville, had many advantages in the way of better camping-grounds, better grazing and the like, but I moved with reluctance, because I feared that my proximity to Asboth would diminish to a certain extent my independence of command.
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In the 1830's the Bikin Udege began to join together to form a single collective, when 13 camping-grounds were combined to form two villages, namely Olon and Krasnyi Yar, around which agricultural areas arose, and later "hunter" areas.
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So he had gone for a walk, out under the trees surrounding the camping-grounds, and after an interval, he had heard a strange, wild music and followed it to its source.
The Eagle And The Nightingale Lackey, Mercedes 1995
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Moreover, it was necessary to begin quietly, and organize some system by which confusion in the crowded camping-grounds might be avoided, and the physical strain upon everyone lightened as much as possible.
Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts
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July and August are hot and steamy in the valley, and it is necessary to seek one of the cool "Margs" which form ideal camping-grounds on all the lofty mountain slopes which surround the valley.
A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne
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At one of the camping-grounds, -- Cow Creek, -- a beautiful bird sang all night; it sounded like bubbling water.
Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Caroline C. Leighton
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Comparative peace reigned, although the Indians at times (three or four in number) passed through the quiet town of Plymouth on their way to their old camping-grounds.
The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886 Various
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BAKHTIÁRI, one of the great nomad tribes of Persia, whose camping-grounds are in the hilly district, known as the Bakhtiári province.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Officers commanding units will see that their respective camping-grounds are cleared up before departure.
The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Cecil Francis Romer
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No empty sardine-tins, nor untidy scraps of paper, mar the clean and lonely margs or village camping-grounds.
A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne
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