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King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

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CHAPTER XII.

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CHAPTER XII.
BEFORE THE BATTLE
Luckily for us, Infadoos and the chiefs knew all the paths of the great
town perfectly, so that we passed by side-ways unmolested, and
notwithstanding the gloom we made fair progress.
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King Solomon's Mines

Chapter XII · Chapter 12

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Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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CHAPTER XII.
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BEFORE THE BATTLE
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Luckily for us, Infadoos and the chiefs knew all the paths of the great
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town perfectly, so that we passed by side-ways unmolested, and
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notwithstanding the gloom we made fair progress.
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From this reading Luckily for us, Infadoos and the chiefs knew all the paths of the great

and

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From this reading Luckily for us, Infadoos and the chiefs knew all the paths of the great

BATTLE

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From this reading BEFORE THE BATTLE

BEFORE

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From this reading BEFORE THE BATTLE

by

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From this reading town perfectly, so that we passed by side-ways unmolested, and

CHAPTER

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From this reading CHAPTER XII.

chiefs

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From this reading Luckily for us, Infadoos and the chiefs knew all the paths of the great

fair

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From this reading notwithstanding the gloom we made fair progress.

for

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gloom

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From this reading notwithstanding the gloom we made fair progress.

great

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From this reading Luckily for us, Infadoos and the chiefs knew all the paths of the great

Infadoos

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From this reading Luckily for us, Infadoos and the chiefs knew all the paths of the great

knew

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From this reading Luckily for us, Infadoos and the chiefs knew all the paths of the great

Luckily

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From this reading Luckily for us, Infadoos and the chiefs knew all the paths of the great

made

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From this reading notwithstanding the gloom we made fair progress.

notwithstanding

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From this reading notwithstanding the gloom we made fair progress.

of

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From this reading Luckily for us, Infadoos and the chiefs knew all the paths of the great

passed

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From this reading town perfectly, so that we passed by side-ways unmolested, and

paths

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From this reading Luckily for us, Infadoos and the chiefs knew all the paths of the great

perfectly

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From this reading town perfectly, so that we passed by side-ways unmolested, and

progress

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From this reading notwithstanding the gloom we made fair progress.

side-ways

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From this reading town perfectly, so that we passed by side-ways unmolested, and

so

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From this reading town perfectly, so that we passed by side-ways unmolested, and

that

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From this reading town perfectly, so that we passed by side-ways unmolested, and

THE

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From this reading BEFORE THE BATTLE

town

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From this reading town perfectly, so that we passed by side-ways unmolested, and

unmolested

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us

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we

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From this reading town perfectly, so that we passed by side-ways unmolested, and

XII

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From this reading CHAPTER XII.

Chapter Quiz

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What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of Chapter 12?

Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?

According to the text: "CHAPTER XII....", what tone does the author establish?

Shadowing Practice

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Narrator: CHAPTER XII.
Narrator: [8] This cruel custom is not confined to the Kukuanas, but is by no