1868?, James Grant, First Love and Last Love
Concealed among the long rank grass of the mango tope the three lurkers watched the gate of the camp; but though many passcd out and in, the rider on the bay mare was not one of the number.
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In addition, a memorandum was kept containing receipts and issues of toddy drawn at a toddy tope.
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They found him strongly posted near the fortress of Deeg, in the midst of bogs, tanks, and topes, and formidably defended by artillery.
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