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CHAPTER XVI After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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CHAPTER XVI After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar. They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a soft place they went down on their knees and dug with their hands. Sometimes
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From this reading They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a soft
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From this reading They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a soft
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From this reading After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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From this reading After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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From this reading They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a soft
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From this reading After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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From this reading CHAPTER XVI
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From this reading After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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From this reading place they went down on their knees and dug with their hands.
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From this reading place they went down on their knees and dug with their hands.
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From this reading After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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From this reading After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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From this reading They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a soft
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From this reading After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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From this reading place they went down on their knees and dug with their hands.
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From this reading After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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From this reading They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a soft
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From this reading place they went down on their knees and dug with their hands.
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From this reading After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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From this reading After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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From this reading place they went down on their knees and dug with their hands.
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From this reading They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a soft
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From this reading They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a soft
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From this reading They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a soft
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From this reading Sometimes
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From this reading They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a soft
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From this reading After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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From this reading place they went down on their knees and dug with their hands.
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From this reading They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a soft
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From this reading After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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From this reading After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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From this reading After dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar.
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From this reading They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a soft
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From this reading They went about poking sticks into the sand, and when they found a soft
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From this reading place they went down on their knees and dug with their hands.
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From this reading CHAPTER XVI
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