Chapter 7 of Voyage of the Paper Canoe A Geographical is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Voyage of the Paper Canoe A Geographical is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DESCENT OF DELAWARE RIVER. -- MY FIRST CAMP. -- BOMBAY HOOK. -- MURDERKILL CREEK. -- A STORM IN DELAWARE BAY.
Chapter 7 of Voyage of the Paper Canoe A Geographical is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading “-- A STORM IN DELAWARE BAY.”
a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
From this reading “-- BOMBAY HOOK.”
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “-- MY FIRST CAMP.”
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading “-- MURDERKILL CREEK.”
a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay
From this reading “DESCENT OF DELAWARE RIVER.”
An action of moving downward, dropping, or falling into a deeper place.
From this reading “DESCENT OF DELAWARE RIVER.”
fasten with a hook
From this reading “-- BOMBAY HOOK.”
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading “-- A STORM IN DELAWARE BAY.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading -- A STORM IN DELAWARE BAY.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading -- A STORM IN DELAWARE BAY.
a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the only natural deep-water harbor in western India
From this reading -- BOMBAY HOOK.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading -- MY FIRST CAMP.
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading -- MURDERKILL CREEK.
a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay
From this reading DESCENT OF DELAWARE RIVER.
An action of moving downward, dropping, or falling into a deeper place.
From this reading DESCENT OF DELAWARE RIVER.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading -- MY FIRST CAMP.
fasten with a hook
From this reading -- BOMBAY HOOK.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading -- A STORM IN DELAWARE BAY.
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From this reading -- MURDERKILL CREEK.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading -- MY FIRST CAMP.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DESCENT OF DELAWARE RIVER.
a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading DESCENT OF DELAWARE RIVER.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading -- A STORM IN DELAWARE BAY.
Chapter 7 of Voyage of the Paper Canoe A Geographical by Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes) Bishop holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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