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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... Young Women - Average proportion of Births - Idiots and Lunatics - In- fluence of Polygamy on Social Habits - Mode of Conversational Intercourse - Consequences of Jealousy - Dances - Ceremonies on meeting 246 CHAPTER XIV . FOOD AND ...
... Young Women - Average proportion of Births - Idiots and Lunatics - In- fluence of Polygamy on Social Habits - Mode of Conversational Intercourse - Consequences of Jealousy - Dances - Ceremonies on meeting 246 CHAPTER XIV . FOOD AND ...
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... young of the wild turkey . In the course of this day we travelled across the heads of two bays , which were indistinctly visible through the woods . April 9. - The first three miles of our route this day lay over sandy scrubby plains ...
... young of the wild turkey . In the course of this day we travelled across the heads of two bays , which were indistinctly visible through the woods . April 9. - The first three miles of our route this day lay over sandy scrubby plains ...
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... kindness of Hackney , who was a young American ; and I regret to add that I felt more hurt than I ought to have done at the remark of Woods . CHAPTER IV . FROM GAIRDNER'S RANGE TO PERTH . THE 62 GENEROSITY OF ONE OF THE MEN .
... kindness of Hackney , who was a young American ; and I regret to add that I felt more hurt than I ought to have done at the remark of Woods . CHAPTER IV . FROM GAIRDNER'S RANGE TO PERTH . THE 62 GENEROSITY OF ONE OF THE MEN .
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... young son I shall never see again . Whither does that lone ship wander . The night wore heavily on ; sleepless sufferers were around me , and I myself began to feel very anxious , as to what the next day might bring . The men had now ...
... young son I shall never see again . Whither does that lone ship wander . The night wore heavily on ; sleepless sufferers were around me , and I myself began to feel very anxious , as to what the next day might bring . The men had now ...
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... young man came running up to him . I grew giddy ; I knew Imbat by name , and felt assured that at all events the lives of a great portion of my party were safe . In a few minutes Kaiber had given an outline of our adventures , and ...
... young man came running up to him . I grew giddy ; I knew Imbat by name , and felt assured that at all events the lives of a great portion of my party were safe . In a few minutes Kaiber had given an outline of our adventures , and ...
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