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 55
... eyes , but a vast sandy channel which scorched our eye - balls , as the rays of the sun were reflected back from its white glistening bed . I picked out the most shady spot I could for the men to halt at , then descended into the bed of ...
... eyes , but a vast sandy channel which scorched our eye - balls , as the rays of the sun were reflected back from its white glistening bed . I picked out the most shady spot I could for the men to halt at , then descended into the bed of ...
Page 267
... eyes , before heavy and listless , brighten up , and are never for a mo- ment fixed on one object ; his gait and ... eyes , they glance uneasily from side to side , whilst the head and every muscle seem immoveable ; but the white eye ...
... eyes , before heavy and listless , brighten up , and are never for a mo- ment fixed on one object ; his gait and ... eyes , they glance uneasily from side to side , whilst the head and every muscle seem immoveable ; but the white eye ...
Page 444
... eyes in front of it . Tip of the tail black ; eyes small , pupil round ; nostrils in the centre of a shield , lateral , erect ; loreal shields none ; one anterior oblique , and two small post - ocular shields . Inhab . New Holland . Dr ...
... eyes in front of it . Tip of the tail black ; eyes small , pupil round ; nostrils in the centre of a shield , lateral , erect ; loreal shields none ; one anterior oblique , and two small post - ocular shields . Inhab . New Holland . Dr ...
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