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2 comments:
An inspiring character, check out this http://ardnea-nylandea.blogspot.com/2012/01/intresting-find-basil-seal-rides-again.html
I like Waugh as a travel writer because, unlike Thesiger or the heroic trekkers, Waugh took trips that I could imagine taking.
Thesiger describes meeting Waugh in Addis Ababa. He loathed him.
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