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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... eyes .—- The rich flats we were on to - day have apparently at no distant period formed part of the head of the estuary . April 5. - Such a heavy dew had fallen during the night , that when I got up in the morning , I found my clothes ...
... eyes .—- The rich flats we were on to - day have apparently at no distant period formed part of the head of the estuary . April 5. - Such a heavy dew had fallen during the night , that when I got up in the morning , I found my clothes ...
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... eye of man has ever gazed on . The view was backed by the Vic- toria Range , whilst seaward you looked out through a romantic glen upon the great Indian Ocean . I knew that within four or five years civilization would have followed my ...
... eye of man has ever gazed on . The view was backed by the Vic- toria Range , whilst seaward you looked out through a romantic glen upon the great Indian Ocean . I knew that within four or five years civilization would have followed my ...
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... eye . On arriving at the beach , to the south of a Bay or Harbour , * which the pressure of circumstances precluded me from examining , we could find nothing of Stiles's tracks : he appeared to have gone off due east , in the hope of ...
... eye . On arriving at the beach , to the south of a Bay or Harbour , * which the pressure of circumstances precluded me from examining , we could find nothing of Stiles's tracks : he appeared to have gone off due east , in the hope of ...
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... eye of Coles in a moment detected the little pool , and our thirst was soon assuaged . For a few minutes we lay on the ... eyes now wandered . : I roused the men again , and we commenced our return to the party , loaded with a supply of ...
... eye of Coles in a moment detected the little pool , and our thirst was soon assuaged . For a few minutes we lay on the ... eyes now wandered . : I roused the men again , and we commenced our return to the party , loaded with a supply of ...
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... eye could see in each direction . I therefore gave a bold plunge into the bushes , followed by the native , and slowly by the other men , who kept alternately groaning from fatigue and pain , and uttering imprecations against the ...
... eye could see in each direction . I therefore gave a bold plunge into the bushes , followed by the native , and slowly by the other men , who kept alternately groaning from fatigue and pain , and uttering imprecations against the ...
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aborigines amongst animals antennæ appeared APPENDIX beach beneath birds body boyl-yas brown bush Capt caught Champion Bay circumstances coast colony colour continent dark distance district elytra Europeans eyes female fire fish forest genus George Grey Gould Gray Ann hairs Halmaturus halted head hills Hist Holland Imbat Inhab insects Kaiber kangaroo King George's Sound legs length margin Miago miles Moore River moved native path nearly Ogilby onwards Overlanders party Peerat Perth Phascogale portion round savage scales Scarites Scincus Scotophilus seen settlers Sharks Bay shew shields side songs South Australia spear species specimens spines spot Swan River Taal-wurt tail thorax tibiæ Tiliqua tion tree valley Van Diemen's Land walked Walker Western Australia whilst wings wives women wood young Zool