Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38 and 39: Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important and Feritle Districts : with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, Volume 2Boone, 1841 - 482 pages |
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Page ix
... round on this scene , I returned to the party and received the report of the carpenters , who , having examined the boats , stated their inability to render either of them fit for sea . To this I had already made up my mind ; and even ...
... round on this scene , I returned to the party and received the report of the carpenters , who , having examined the boats , stated their inability to render either of them fit for sea . To this I had already made up my mind ; and even ...
Page 16
... rounded a bluff point ; the limestone hills to the eastward gradually decreased in elevation , and we ascended one of them to gain a view of the surrounding country . I found that the summit of this range consisted of a terrace about ...
... rounded a bluff point ; the limestone hills to the eastward gradually decreased in elevation , and we ascended one of them to gain a view of the surrounding country . I found that the summit of this range consisted of a terrace about ...
Page 99
... being dissatisfied with their slow progress , now quitted them at a place where , he says , they had to go round two very deep bays close together , which took him a whole day ; and it was owing to his having obeyed my instructions.
... being dissatisfied with their slow progress , now quitted them at a place where , he says , they had to go round two very deep bays close together , which took him a whole day ; and it was owing to his having obeyed my instructions.
Page 108
... round , and returned to our camp at Bookernyup by sunset , from whence we next morning started early in a southerly direc- tion , took up safely everything we had concealed on the Moore River , and shortly after dark had completed 24 ...
... round , and returned to our camp at Bookernyup by sunset , from whence we next morning started early in a southerly direc- tion , took up safely everything we had concealed on the Moore River , and shortly after dark had completed 24 ...
Page 113
... round to the left , and there terminated at the unfortunate object of our search , extended on his back , lifeless , in the midst of a thick bush , where he seemed to have laid himself down to sleep , half - enveloped in his blanket ...
... round to the left , and there terminated at the unfortunate object of our search , extended on his back , lifeless , in the midst of a thick bush , where he seemed to have laid himself down to sleep , half - enveloped in his blanket ...
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