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  • They crossed the Yukon to its west bank, shot down-stream with easy stroke, and at the end of forty minutes swung in close to the left around the tail of an island.

    Too Much Gold 2010

  • The partners, true to the old-timer custom, had intended to stake down-stream from the strike, but when they saw claim 81 BELOW blazed on a tree, -- which meant fully eight miles below Discovery, -- they changed their minds.

    Too Much Gold 2010

  • The down-stream movement began at five in the morning, and already were the days so long that Daylight sat up and watched the ice-run.

    Chapter VIII 2010

  • Starting from the down-stream centre-stake of 'twenty-seven,' he headed at right angles across the narrow valley towards its rim.

    THE STAMPEDE TO SQUAW CREEK 2010

  • It was down-stream at last, and there was little need for exertion.

    CHAPTER 25 2010

  • "I'd just better take a hike down-stream a ways," he said.

    All Gold Cañon 2010

  • They had faith in the Upper Country, and Harper left down-stream, with a raft-load of supplies, to start a small post at the mouth of the Klondike.

    Chapter IX 2010

  • If you go down-stream, you 'll fall in with the Russians.

    THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS 2010

  • Its ice had risen many feet, but would not start down-stream.

    Chapter VIII 2010

  • "I'd just better take a hike down-stream a ways," he said.

    All Gold Canon 2010

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