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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... Continent - Causes of a contrary Opinion - Difference of Dialects - Examples - Causes of error in former Enquirers . 207 CHAPTER X. THEIR TRADITIONAL LAWS . Errors of theoretical Writers regarding the Savage State - Complex Laws of ...
... Continent - Causes of a contrary Opinion - Difference of Dialects - Examples - Causes of error in former Enquirers . 207 CHAPTER X. THEIR TRADITIONAL LAWS . Errors of theoretical Writers regarding the Savage State - Complex Laws of ...
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... continent , occupied the principal place here ; and with this rock was associated lime- stone ; the springs had a strong sulphureous smell , and the lofty broken character of the distant mountains had an almost grand appearance , to ...
... continent , occupied the principal place here ; and with this rock was associated lime- stone ; the springs had a strong sulphureous smell , and the lofty broken character of the distant mountains had an almost grand appearance , to ...
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... continent . For the first five miles we traversed scrubby stony hills , thickly wooded with banksia trees ; but the limestone here again cropped out , and we entered a very fertile valley , running north and south , and terminating in a ...
... continent . For the first five miles we traversed scrubby stony hills , thickly wooded with banksia trees ; but the limestone here again cropped out , and we entered a very fertile valley , running north and south , and terminating in a ...
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... a species of Dioscorea , a sort of yam like the sweet potatoe . It is known by the same name both on the east and west side of the continent . DANGERS OF DELAY . 13 limestone hills , luxuriantly grassed 12 NATIVE WARRAN GROUND .
... a species of Dioscorea , a sort of yam like the sweet potatoe . It is known by the same name both on the east and west side of the continent . DANGERS OF DELAY . 13 limestone hills , luxuriantly grassed 12 NATIVE WARRAN GROUND .
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... continent . As yet however the only means I had of judging of the large number of natives inhabiting this district , had been from their paths and warran grounds , but it was most probable that we should ere long fall in with some of ...
... continent . As yet however the only means I had of judging of the large number of natives inhabiting this district , had been from their paths and warran grounds , but it was most probable that we should ere long fall in with some of ...
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