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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... Savage State - Complex Laws of Savage Life - Considerations on their Origin CHAPTER XI . . 217 LAWS OF RELATIONSHIP , MARRIAGE , AND INHERITANCE . Relationship and Marriage - Division of Families - Law of Marriage -Coincident ...
... Savage State - Complex Laws of Savage Life - Considerations on their Origin CHAPTER XI . . 217 LAWS OF RELATIONSHIP , MARRIAGE , AND INHERITANCE . Relationship and Marriage - Division of Families - Law of Marriage -Coincident ...
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... savage would no longer reign supreme over so fine a territory . Mr. Smith entered eagerly into my thoughts and views : together we built these castles in the air , trusting we should see happy results spring from our present sufferings ...
... savage would no longer reign supreme over so fine a territory . Mr. Smith entered eagerly into my thoughts and views : together we built these castles in the air , trusting we should see happy results spring from our present sufferings ...
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... savage race , by an unprovoked act of pillage and robbery ; yet we were now in the desert , on the point of perishing for want of food , the pangs of hunger gnawing us even in our very sleep , and with the means of temporary relief at ...
... savage race , by an unprovoked act of pillage and robbery ; yet we were now in the desert , on the point of perishing for want of food , the pangs of hunger gnawing us even in our very sleep , and with the means of temporary relief at ...
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... savage eye watching the expression of my countenance , as each thought flitted across it . I saw that he was trying to read my feelings ; and he at length thus broke the silence : " Mr. Grey , to - day we can walk , and may yet not die ...
... savage eye watching the expression of my countenance , as each thought flitted across it . I saw that he was trying to read my feelings ; and he at length thus broke the silence : " Mr. Grey , to - day we can walk , and may yet not die ...
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... savage yells , and diabolic whoops of the barbarians in their onsets , their fan- tastically painted forms , their quivering spears , their contortions , and shifting of their bodies , and their wild leaps , attach a species of romance ...
... savage yells , and diabolic whoops of the barbarians in their onsets , their fan- tastically painted forms , their quivering spears , their contortions , and shifting of their bodies , and their wild leaps , attach a species of romance ...
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