Cattle Chosen: The Story of the First Group Settlement in Western Australia, 1829 to 1841First published London, Oxford University Press, 1926, q.v. for annotation. |
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... trees , which seemed to threaten the house in which they had passed many a pleasant evening . To let another tree fall upon those which mutually propped each other was our next expedient . This , however , failed , but started the first ...
... trees , which seemed to threaten the house in which they had passed many a pleasant evening . To let another tree fall upon those which mutually propped each other was our next expedient . This , however , failed , but started the first ...
Page 22
... trees upon its barks . ' The character of our timber is very different from that of England , which difference is not a little heightened by its amazing magnitude . Picture to yourself a tree 38 feet in circumference , perfectly ...
... trees upon its barks . ' The character of our timber is very different from that of England , which difference is not a little heightened by its amazing magnitude . Picture to yourself a tree 38 feet in circumference , perfectly ...
Page 162
... trees that had been girdled [ i.e. ring - barked ] near it . Mary , assisted by Mr. Herring , commenced doing the honors of the Adelphi while the rest of us wandered about , losing and finding ourselves in the once well - beaten paths ...
... trees that had been girdled [ i.e. ring - barked ] near it . Mary , assisted by Mr. Herring , commenced doing the honors of the Adelphi while the rest of us wandered about , losing and finding ourselves in the once well - beaten paths ...
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