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 253
... fire , or that of the young men . Their huts being placed at a little distance from one another , such an ar ... fire to fire , paying visits , and whispering scandal to one another ; but these visits are so arranged , that none can ...
... fire , or that of the young men . Their huts being placed at a little distance from one another , such an ar ... fire to fire , paying visits , and whispering scandal to one another ; but these visits are so arranged , that none can ...
Page 274
... fire is lighted ; when the sand is well heated and a large heap of ashes is collected , the hole is scraped out , and the kan- garoo is placed in it , skin and all ; it is then covered over with ashes , and a slow fire is kept up above ...
... fire is lighted ; when the sand is well heated and a large heap of ashes is collected , the hole is scraped out , and the kan- garoo is placed in it , skin and all ; it is then covered over with ashes , and a slow fire is kept up above ...
Page 340
... fire . If they are obliged to move away from the fire after dark , either to get water , or for any other purpose , they carry a light with them , and set fire to dry bushes as they go along . The natives of South - western Australia ...
... fire . If they are obliged to move away from the fire after dark , either to get water , or for any other purpose , they carry a light with them , and set fire to dry bushes as they go along . The natives of South - western Australia ...
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