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, &c., &c, Volume 2 |
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... appearance with the Birds of Australia . ' The drawings are executed in lithography by H. C. Richter , son of the water - colour painter , in a style that combines the accuracy of the naturalist with the feeling of the artist : the ...
... appearance with the Birds of Australia . ' The drawings are executed in lithography by H. C. Richter , son of the water - colour painter , in a style that combines the accuracy of the naturalist with the feeling of the artist : the ...
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... appearance , and although the land was not good , the nature of the soil made me aware that we were most probably in the vicinity of a large tract of better quality ; indeed , this was the only part of South - west Australia in which I ...
... appearance , and although the land was not good , the nature of the soil made me aware that we were most probably in the vicinity of a large tract of better quality ; indeed , this was the only part of South - west Australia in which I ...
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... appeared to separate into two branches . The natives decamped as soon as they observed us com- ing , and Kaiber , who watched them with the most intense interest , indulged in various speculations as to the number they would bring back ...
... appeared to separate into two branches . The natives decamped as soon as they observed us com- ing , and Kaiber , who watched them with the most intense interest , indulged in various speculations as to the number they would bring back ...
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... appearance , to those who had so long wandered through low and level countries . Each step I took rendered my spirits more buoy- ant and elastic , and each hill , the position of which I fixed , gave me , from its appearance , renewed ...
... appearance , to those who had so long wandered through low and level countries . Each step I took rendered my spirits more buoy- ant and elastic , and each hill , the position of which I fixed , gave me , from its appearance , renewed ...
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... appeared to be so well adapted for a halting- place for the night , that I determined to remain here . The men made themselves comfortable near the water - holes , and Mr. Smith and myself crept into a little cave , which occcasionally ...
... appeared to be so well adapted for a halting- place for the night , that I determined to remain here . The men made themselves comfortable near the water - holes , and Mr. Smith and myself crept into a little cave , which occcasionally ...
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