Constantly my eyes scanned the blinding waste of sand for the ricky cairn beneath which I was to find the wires leading to Pellucidar--but always was I unsuccessful.
Does the answer lie somewhere upon the bosom of the broad Sahara, at the end of two tiny wires, hidden beneath a lost cairn? I wonder.
If he had ever raised a
cairn above the telegraph instrument no sign of it remained now.
Patrick Cairns occupies too large a proportion of our carpet."
When I found Patrick Cairns among the harpooners, my research was nearing its end.
Our wagonette had topped a rise and in front of us rose the huge expanse of the moor, mottled with gnarled and craggy
cairns and tors.
He cached portions of his kills at different points, building
cairns of rock to mark their locations.
On wet days, such was the power of habit over him, he rose from his chair at the same hour, and paced his study for the same length of time, pausing now and then to straighten some book in the bookcase, or alter the position of the two brass crucifixes standing upon
cairns of serpentine stone upon the mantelpiece.
Following this transaction
Cairn will retain a participating interest of 10% interest in the Nova development and reduce its capital expenditure to the end of 2021 in the Nova area by US$110m.
In an operational update,
Cairn said it is seeking monetary compensation of USD 1.4 billion from the Indian government in the arbitration proceedings.
Thursday 7.15pm:
Cairn Valley 7 v M McKnight;
Cairn Valley 5 v Sandra;
Cairn Valley 6 v Greg;
Cairn Valley 4 v W Sharpe.
ITAT in its March 9 order held that
Cairn Energy was liable to pay tax on the 2006 transfer of India assets to newly created
Cairn India, prior to its listing.