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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... night " , John ! did you fold the sheep on the sandy patch last night ? " " Yes , sir . " " Come , then , yoke the oxen . We will plough it before breakfast , and get it in with barley . " But joking apart , your coming out is the very ...
... night " , John ! did you fold the sheep on the sandy patch last night ? " " Yes , sir . " " Come , then , yoke the oxen . We will plough it before breakfast , and get it in with barley . " But joking apart , your coming out is the very ...
Page 58
... night . After giving him a blowing up they went to sleep again . I did not sleep that night for reasons best known to myself . ' April ? . The next day , no " Ellen " , nothing but our- selves and Chapmans . We all turned to at daybreak ...
... night . After giving him a blowing up they went to sleep again . I did not sleep that night for reasons best known to myself . ' April ? . The next day , no " Ellen " , nothing but our- selves and Chapmans . We all turned to at daybreak ...
Page 127
... night , and the sudden darkness that came over the bull's eyes with the rush of the water seemed to indicate that we were going down . Day dawned with no abatement . The stew- ard went forward and discovered the head had been struck off ...
... night , and the sudden darkness that came over the bull's eyes with the rush of the water seemed to indicate that we were going down . Day dawned with no abatement . The stew- ard went forward and discovered the head had been struck off ...
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