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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Page 55
... forest , which had been washed down from the interior in the season of the floods ; yet nothing now met our craving eyes , but a vast sandy channel which scorched our eye - balls , as the rays of the sun were reflected back from its ...
... forest , which had been washed down from the interior in the season of the floods ; yet nothing now met our craving eyes , but a vast sandy channel which scorched our eye - balls , as the rays of the sun were reflected back from its ...
Page 60
... forest , at the outskirts of which I chose a spot for our halting - place , which afforded plenty of firewood , but was deficient in water . As we had now , however , marched thirty - one miles without FIND SOME EDIBLE ZAMIA NUTS . 61 ...
... forest , at the outskirts of which I chose a spot for our halting - place , which afforded plenty of firewood , but was deficient in water . As we had now , however , marched thirty - one miles without FIND SOME EDIBLE ZAMIA NUTS . 61 ...
Page 201
... forest , and at his bidding , cities arise , and the hum and dust of trade collect - away are swept ancient races ; antique laws and customs moulder into oblivion . The strong - holds of murder and super- stition are cleansed , and the ...
... forest , and at his bidding , cities arise , and the hum and dust of trade collect - away are swept ancient races ; antique laws and customs moulder into oblivion . The strong - holds of murder and super- stition are cleansed , and the ...
Page 235
... forest , not only all the other individuals of his own tribe , but whole tribes from other districts , are invited to the hunting party and the feast and dance , or corrobory that ensue ; the wild animals on the ground being all ...
... forest , not only all the other individuals of his own tribe , but whole tribes from other districts , are invited to the hunting party and the feast and dance , or corrobory that ensue ; the wild animals on the ground being all ...
Page 281
... forest which encir- cles a lagoon ; the expanse of water affords an open clear space above it , unencumbered with trees , but which raise their gigantic forms all around , more vigorous in their growth from the damp soil in which they ...
... forest which encir- cles a lagoon ; the expanse of water affords an open clear space above it , unencumbered with trees , but which raise their gigantic forms all around , more vigorous in their growth from the damp soil in which they ...
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