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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... Women - Average proportion of Births - Idiots and Lunatics - In- fluence of Polygamy on Social Habits - Mode of ... Woman's Bag - Different methods of catching Kangaroos - Cooking a Kangaroo -Methods of taking and cooking Fish - Feasting ...
... Women - Average proportion of Births - Idiots and Lunatics - In- fluence of Polygamy on Social Habits - Mode of ... Woman's Bag - Different methods of catching Kangaroos - Cooking a Kangaroo -Methods of taking and cooking Fish - Feasting ...
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... detected natives moving about amongst the bushes ; but on farther examination he ascertained that there was only one man , who walked as if he had been wounded , the rest of the party being made up of women and children , who F 2.
... detected natives moving about amongst the bushes ; but on farther examination he ascertained that there was only one man , who walked as if he had been wounded , the rest of the party being made up of women and children , who F 2.
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... women and children , who were digging for roots ; they were quite unconscious of our presence , and we lay snugly behind a bush , watching all their movements . As soon as they had dug a sufficient quantity of roots for their purpose ...
... women and children , who were digging for roots ; they were quite unconscious of our presence , and we lay snugly behind a bush , watching all their movements . As soon as they had dug a sufficient quantity of roots for their purpose ...
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... women and children ; and as no water - baskets were scattered about , no doubt could exist but that we were in the vicinity of water . We soon dis- covered several native wells dug in the bed of the swamp ; but these were all dry , and ...
... women and children ; and as no water - baskets were scattered about , no doubt could exist but that we were in the vicinity of water . We soon dis- covered several native wells dug in the bed of the swamp ; but these were all dry , and ...
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... women were soon called up , bark baskets of frogs opened for us , by - yu nuts roasted , and as a special delicacy , I obtained a small fresh - water tortoise . " Now , friend , sleep whilst I cook , " said Imbat , and lighting a fire ...
... women were soon called up , bark baskets of frogs opened for us , by - yu nuts roasted , and as a special delicacy , I obtained a small fresh - water tortoise . " Now , friend , sleep whilst I cook , " said Imbat , and lighting a fire ...
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