Saghalien
Britishnoun
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Mailman In Estori, Saghalien, Japan, hating to deliver mail over rough roads, a mailman saved up the mail for three years planning to deliver all at one trip.
From Time Magazine Archive
Afterwards he was despatched to the island of Saghalien, where he now is.
From The Red Rat's Daughter by Guy Boothby
Some months after their capture the Diana, now under Captain Rikord, returned to Kunashir, bringing one of the Japanese who had been taken prisoner in the descent on Saghalien.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
"But, surely, my dear old Browne," said Jimmy, who had listened aghast, "it cannot be possible that you dream of assisting in the escape of a Russian convict from Saghalien?"
From The Red Rat's Daughter by Guy Boothby
The other explanation is that the Yemishi were in league with hordes of Tatars who had crossed from the mainland of Asia, or travelled south by the islands of Saghalien and Yezo.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
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