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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Page 132
... sheep were rejected as inadmissible by the trustees . ' I can touch none of our funded property ' , he reported ' so accurate and exact are the trustees , amongst whom Robert Yates appears the most timid . Our sheep affair still remains ...
... sheep were rejected as inadmissible by the trustees . ' I can touch none of our funded property ' , he reported ' so accurate and exact are the trustees , amongst whom Robert Yates appears the most timid . Our sheep affair still remains ...
Page 176
... sheep the act of one man ? Common sense , unbiassed by timidity would answer No ! and if No , do not any of these misdemeanors afford sufficient pretext for breaking off our alliance with the whole tribe ? Why then must our little ...
... sheep the act of one man ? Common sense , unbiassed by timidity would answer No ! and if No , do not any of these misdemeanors afford sufficient pretext for breaking off our alliance with the whole tribe ? Why then must our little ...
Page 182
... sheep from the plat- form . One man stands in each of these pens , into the first of which are thrown about 40 sheep . The man keeps them moving about with his hands , to prevent them from drown- ing , and then lets them swim into the ...
... sheep from the plat- form . One man stands in each of these pens , into the first of which are thrown about 40 sheep . The man keeps them moving about with his hands , to prevent them from drown- ing , and then lets them swim into the ...
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