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 76
... Kaiber , and where it now stands ? ” I replied to him . " Yes , " was his answer . " Then if you have not led me to the party before that sun falls behind the hills , I will shoot you ; as it begins to sink you die . " I said these ...
... Kaiber , and where it now stands ? ” I replied to him . " Yes , " was his answer . " Then if you have not led me to the party before that sun falls behind the hills , I will shoot you ; as it begins to sink you die . " I said these ...
Page 86
... Kaiber was in the same predicament ; so that when the fire was extinguished , our position became piti- able in the extreme , for I know not if I ever before suffered so much from cold ; and to add to my an- noyance , I every now and ...
... Kaiber was in the same predicament ; so that when the fire was extinguished , our position became piti- able in the extreme , for I know not if I ever before suffered so much from cold ; and to add to my an- noyance , I every now and ...
Page 90
... Kaiber was now called into consultation ; he scrutinised them long and carefully , and then announced that they were " mondak yoon- gar , " wild natives ; and , after a second survey of them , declared that they had the " mondak kurrang ...
... Kaiber was now called into consultation ; he scrutinised them long and carefully , and then announced that they were " mondak yoon- gar , " wild natives ; and , after a second survey of them , declared that they had the " mondak kurrang ...
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