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 128
... shields , or any other weapon that we could see . They seemed to like the bread very much , for they followed us for many miles , still making signs to land , but the surf was so high , we could not venture in the face of so many of ...
... shields , or any other weapon that we could see . They seemed to like the bread very much , for they followed us for many miles , still making signs to land , but the surf was so high , we could not venture in the face of so many of ...
Page 141
... shield : we had caught a similar one on the 12th of November , 1837. From measurements taken from the living animal ... shield 0.23 0.2 · - 0.7 The temperature of the water at 6 P.M. was 71 ° Fahr .; of the air 74 ° . * See Fig . 3 , vol ...
... shield : we had caught a similar one on the 12th of November , 1837. From measurements taken from the living animal ... shield 0.23 0.2 · - 0.7 The temperature of the water at 6 P.M. was 71 ° Fahr .; of the air 74 ° . * See Fig . 3 , vol ...
Page 142
... shield was perfectly air coloured and dia- phanous , and extended for some distance beyond the head and the upper parts of the body ; the body itself was of a pale delicate blue , and it threw a very light bluish tinge upon the shield ...
... shield was perfectly air coloured and dia- phanous , and extended for some distance beyond the head and the upper parts of the body ; the body itself was of a pale delicate blue , and it threw a very light bluish tinge upon the shield ...
Page 152
... think seven legs on each side , also , a tail - like fin on each side , which , when closed under its belly , formed a sort of shield for the lower part of the NATURAL HISTORY . 153 abdomen . Antennæ , transparent with 152 NATURAL HISTORY .
... think seven legs on each side , also , a tail - like fin on each side , which , when closed under its belly , formed a sort of shield for the lower part of the NATURAL HISTORY . 153 abdomen . Antennæ , transparent with 152 NATURAL HISTORY .
Page 157
... shield - like portion , 0.12 inch in length , the body at the lower portions of this decreases almost to the thickness of a thread ; the tail , 0.3 inch in length , and divided into three shield- like pieces , laid one over the other as ...
... shield - like portion , 0.12 inch in length , the body at the lower portions of this decreases almost to the thickness of a thread ; the tail , 0.3 inch in length , and divided into three shield- like pieces , laid one over the other as ...
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