Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38 and 39: Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, Etc. Etc, Volume 2T. and W. Boone, 1964 - Natural history |
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Page 118
... coast of Australia ; thus at once occupying the most commanding position in Sharks Bay , and one of the most interesting points on that coast ; it is , moreover , the key to a very fine district , which is the only one in that vast ...
... coast of Australia ; thus at once occupying the most commanding position in Sharks Bay , and one of the most interesting points on that coast ; it is , moreover , the key to a very fine district , which is the only one in that vast ...
Page 119
... coast unexplored . The shoals in the vicinity of the mouth of this river , as well as those in the river itself , have many snags upon them ; and on the coast of Ber- nier Island , opposite to the main , we found the remains of large ...
... coast unexplored . The shoals in the vicinity of the mouth of this river , as well as those in the river itself , have many snags upon them ; and on the coast of Ber- nier Island , opposite to the main , we found the remains of large ...
Page 396
... coast tot he northward is sandy , and fronted by sand - hills slightly covered with shrubs . This description of coast continues for nearly twenty miles . In lat . 28 ° 25 ′ is a remarkable white sand patch 274 feet above the sea ...
... coast tot he northward is sandy , and fronted by sand - hills slightly covered with shrubs . This description of coast continues for nearly twenty miles . In lat . 28 ° 25 ′ is a remarkable white sand patch 274 feet above the sea ...
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aborigines acalepha amongst antennæ appeared APPENDIX barnacles beach blue body boyl-yas brown Capt Captain Grey caught Champion Bay circumstances coast colony colour commenced continent crabs dialect distance district elytra Europeans eyes female fire fish gelatinous animals genus Gould Gray Ann Grey halted head hills Hist Holland inch Inhab inhabitants insects islands Kaiber kangaroo King George's Sound land laws legs length margin miles Moore River natives NATURAL HISTORY nearly Ogilby onwards Overlanders pale party Perth portion prussian blue range round savage Scincus Scotophilus seen settlers Sharks Bay shell shew shields side South Australia southern spear species specimens spines spot Swan River tail tentaculæ tibiæ Tiliqua tion tree Van Diemen's Land Velella walked Western Australia whilst wings wives wood