 We pursued our route westward, proceeding many miles inland, without being able to trace, by a single vestige, that the natives had been recently in those parts. We saw, however, some proofs of their ingenuity, in various figures cut on the smooth surface...  The Prehistoric Arts, Manufactures, Works, Weapons, Etc., of the Aborigines ... - Page 37edited by - 1897 - 172 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Kingsley - Voyages and travels - 1869 - 458 pages
...some proofs of their ingenuity, in various figures cut on the smooth surface of some large stones. They consisted chiefly of representations of themselves...were several weatherbeaten shells. The country all around this place was was rather high and rocky; and the soil arid, parched, and inhospitable. "In... | |
 | Henry Kingsley - 1869 - 494 pages
...some proofs of their ingenuity, in various figures cut on the smooth surface of some large stones. They consisted chiefly of representations of themselves...in sculpture were several weatherbeaten shells. The cquntry all around this place was was rather high and rocky; and the soil arid, parched, and inhospitable.... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch - Australia - 1886 - 1090 pages
...some proofs of their ingenuity, " in various figures cut on the smooth surface of some large stones. " They consisted chiefly of representations of themselves...with which the " figures must have been executed, r.hey seemed to exhibit tolerably " strong likenesses. On the stones, where the natives had been "... | |
 | Paul G. Bahn - Art - 1998 - 348 pages
...some proofs of their ingenuity in various figures cut on the smooth surfaces of some large stones. They consisted chiefly of representations of themselves...different attitudes, of their canoes, of several sorts offish and animals; and considering the rudeness of the instruments with which the figures must have... | |
 | Jack Egan - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 388 pages
...some proofs of their ingenuity, in various figures cut on the smooth surface of some large stones. They consisted chiefly of representations of themselves...they seemed to exhibit tolerably strong likenesses. Thursday 17th The expedition continued heading west. In a letter to Lord Sydney, Phillip wrote: The... | |
 | Australasia - 1889 - 768 pages
...cut on the smooth surface of large stones. They consisted chiefly of representations of the natives in different attitudes ; of their canoes ; of several...they seemed to exhibit tolerably strong likenesses." In The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, published in 1790, 2nd edition, pp. 89-90, under date... | |
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