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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... this estuary , but there were rich flats upon each side of it , whilst the nature of the rocks , and the lofty and peculiar character of the distant hills , gave promise of the most fertile region I had yet seen in extra -
... this estuary , but there were rich flats upon each side of it , whilst the nature of the rocks , and the lofty and peculiar character of the distant hills , gave promise of the most fertile region I had yet seen in extra -
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... side of it we found frequent wells , some of which were ten and twelve feet deep , and were altogether executed in a superior manner . We now crossed the dry bed of a stream , and from that emerged upon a tract of light fertile soil ...
... side of it we found frequent wells , some of which were ten and twelve feet deep , and were altogether executed in a superior manner . We now crossed the dry bed of a stream , and from that emerged upon a tract of light fertile soil ...
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... side : many wild fowls were on the river , but we could not get a shot at them . Being unable to ford the river here , we followed it in a s . E. direc- tion for two miles , and in this distance passed two native villages , or , as the ...
... side : many wild fowls were on the river , but we could not get a shot at them . Being unable to ford the river here , we followed it in a s . E. direc- tion for two miles , and in this distance passed two native villages , or , as the ...
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... side lulled me with native songs , composed for the occasion , and in prospective I saw all the dread sufferings which were to befal the doomed men who sat around me , confident of their success under the new plan ; but like all ...
... side lulled me with native songs , composed for the occasion , and in prospective I saw all the dread sufferings which were to befal the doomed men who sat around me , confident of their success under the new plan ; but like all ...
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... side , that it assumed quite the charac- ter of a ravine : it was about a mile wide , and in it was a water - course , winding through deep flats . We , however , only found water in pools ; the course of the stream was very tortuous ...
... side , that it assumed quite the charac- ter of a ravine : it was about a mile wide , and in it was a water - course , winding through deep flats . We , however , only found water in pools ; the course of the stream was very tortuous ...
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