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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... valley , and beyond this rose lofty and fantastic hills . After I had for some time looked round on this scene , I returned to the party and received the report of the carpenters , who , having examined the boats , stated their ...
... valley , and beyond this rose lofty and fantastic hills . After I had for some time looked round on this scene , I returned to the party and received the report of the carpenters , who , having examined the boats , stated their ...
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... valley I have before - mentioned we found a small stream , and fol- lowing this to the northward for about a mile , came out upon one of the most romantic and picturesque- looking estuaries I had yet seen : its shores abounded with ...
... valley I have before - mentioned we found a small stream , and fol- lowing this to the northward for about a mile , came out upon one of the most romantic and picturesque- looking estuaries I had yet seen : its shores abounded with ...
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... valleys , and necessary deviations into account ) , as a trifle , and in imagination were already feasting at home , and taking their ease after the toils they had undergone . I gave them all warning of the many difficulties they had ...
... valleys , and necessary deviations into account ) , as a trifle , and in imagination were already feasting at home , and taking their ease after the toils they had undergone . I gave them all warning of the many difficulties they had ...
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... valleys , affording , even at this season of the year , fair feed for sheep or cattle , and we found springs of water at every few hundred yards , generally situated at the edge of a large clump of trees . Emus After having for some ...
... valleys , affording , even at this season of the year , fair feed for sheep or cattle , and we found springs of water at every few hundred yards , generally situated at the edge of a large clump of trees . Emus After having for some ...
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... valley , running north and south , and terminating in a larger one , which drained the country from east to west . This valley is remarkable as containing one Xanthorrhea ( grass- tree ) ; being the farthest point to the north at which ...
... valley , running north and south , and terminating in a larger one , which drained the country from east to west . This valley is remarkable as containing one Xanthorrhea ( grass- tree ) ; being the farthest point to the north at which ...
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