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On the 15th a fire being seen on the north shore of the harbour,
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The latitude of the south head which forms the entrance of the harbour,
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Portnet and government customs officials would discuss resolving the problem of illegal imports entering Durban harbour,
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A committee of businessmen, shippers and port officials is to work on alleviating container traffic delays at Cape Town harbour,
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We flash down the Bayonne peninsula, with a glimpse of the harbour,
Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Christopher Morley 1923
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By the time we had reached the head of the harbour,
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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MILES and miles of quiet houses, every house a harbour,
The Suburbs 1918
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He had no chart of Ile-de-France, but a description in the third edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica informed him that the principal harbour,
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Ernest Scott 1903
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Toward the eastward from where I had halted the land continued to rise in a sort of ridge, culminating in what had the appearance of a knoll, and it struck me that, if a battery really existed on that side of the harbour,
A Pirate of the Caribbees Harry Collingwood 1886
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This is evidently more correct than the present spelling of the name, which is undoubtedly derived from _Ham_, meaning in Saxon a town or dwelling, and _Hythe_ or _Hyde_, a haven or harbour,
Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London John Cunningham Geikie 1865
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