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Updated: May 27, 2025
She would take the herd in to the bedding-ground by the river, to a landing-point on the opposite side, never twice the same, and drift noiselessly through the canebrake, choosing blowy hours when the swish of cane over woolly backs was like the run of the wind.
Should his motor fail suddenly, or something happen which necessitates an immediate descent, it is imperative that he should be able, without delay, to choose from the ground that is visible below him some field or open space that will provide a safe landing-point. And this is easier said than done.
The distance from our landing-point to the place where these meetings are held is about five miles, a charming walk through a strip of forest-ground, which crowns the banks of the river, gradually rising to a considerable height above it.
Humour, sometimes, may be extracted from such a predicament as engine failure, though it needs an aviator with a very deeply ingrained sense of humour to do so. The story is told, however, of a pilot who, flying across difficult country with a passenger, found that his motor failed as they often will just at a moment when there seemed no possible landing-point below.
The siege. Chasing a Saracen vessel. Desperation. The terrible Greek fire which the Saracens used. The ship is taken. A massacre. Richard's defense. King Richard's cupidity. The sinking ship. The great landing-point for expeditions of Crusaders to the Holy Land was Acre, or Akka, as it is often written.
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