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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... unfolding its beauties to our view , all those feelings came thrilling through my mind . which explorers alone can know ; flowering shrubs FERTILE COUNTRY . 5 and trees , drooping foliage , 4 ESTUARY AND LANDING - PLACE .
... unfolding its beauties to our view , all those feelings came thrilling through my mind . which explorers alone can know ; flowering shrubs FERTILE COUNTRY . 5 and trees , drooping foliage , 4 ESTUARY AND LANDING - PLACE .
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... trees , drooping foliage , a wide and placid ex- panse of water met the view ; trickling springs and fertile flats were passed over by us ; there was much barren land visible in the distance , though many a sign and token might lead the ...
... trees , drooping foliage , a wide and placid ex- panse of water met the view ; trickling springs and fertile flats were passed over by us ; there was much barren land visible in the distance , though many a sign and token might lead the ...
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... trees , and across these we came upon a well - beaten native path , running to the s . by E. which was exactly our line of route . We had not followed this path for more than four miles , when we found a most romantically - situated ...
... trees , and across these we came upon a well - beaten native path , running to the s . by E. which was exactly our line of route . We had not followed this path for more than four miles , when we found a most romantically - situated ...
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... trees . Emus After having for some time rested here , I quitted the native path , which trended too much to the eastward , and leaving also the direction of the limestone country which ran inland , we continued a s . by E. course , over ...
... trees . Emus After having for some time rested here , I quitted the native path , which trended too much to the eastward , and leaving also the direction of the limestone country which ran inland , we continued a s . by E. course , over ...
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... trees ; but the limestone here again cropped out , and we entered a very fertile valley , running north and south ... tree . In it also was a gigantic ant's nest , being the most southerly one I had yet seen . All these circumstances ...
... trees ; but the limestone here again cropped out , and we entered a very fertile valley , running north and south ... tree . In it also was a gigantic ant's nest , being the most southerly one I had yet seen . All these circumstances ...
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