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 56
... passed them in a diagonal direction , so as to give them an opportu- nity of seeing us , without frightening them . When first we emerged into view they began to run away ; but when they saw that we still moved steadily on without ...
... passed them in a diagonal direction , so as to give them an opportu- nity of seeing us , without frightening them . When first we emerged into view they began to run away ; but when they saw that we still moved steadily on without ...
Page 60
... passed in struggling with myself , as to whether I should eat at once all the provisions I had left , or refrain till a future hour . Having completed this last morsel , I occupied my- self for a little with my journal , then read a few ...
... passed in struggling with myself , as to whether I should eat at once all the provisions I had left , or refrain till a future hour . Having completed this last morsel , I occupied my- self for a little with my journal , then read a few ...
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... passed the end of a pencil down it , but although it passed readily through the valve , it could not at first pass through the bottom of the gela- tinous sac ; but I afterwards found that this was an error , and that the pencil could be ...
... passed the end of a pencil down it , but although it passed readily through the valve , it could not at first pass through the bottom of the gela- tinous sac ; but I afterwards found that this was an error , and that the pencil could be ...
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