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 141
... scale Ditto from tip of spear to end of shield · 0.23 · - 0.2 · 0.7 The temperature of the water at 6 P.M. was 71 ° Fahr .; of the air 74 ° . * See Fig . 3 , vol . i . p . 51 . The shield was perfectly air coloured and dia- phanous ,
... scale Ditto from tip of spear to end of shield · 0.23 · - 0.2 · 0.7 The temperature of the water at 6 P.M. was 71 ° Fahr .; of the air 74 ° . * See Fig . 3 , vol . i . p . 51 . The shield was perfectly air coloured and dia- phanous ,
Page 157
... extremity of each of these scales , there is on each side a fin - like leg , in addi- tion to those above - mentioned . Breadth of the animal across its head , 0.2 inch , and this was the broadest part of it . It lived for some time.
... extremity of each of these scales , there is on each side a fin - like leg , in addi- tion to those above - mentioned . Breadth of the animal across its head , 0.2 inch , and this was the broadest part of it . It lived for some time.
Page 164
... scales , about ten in number . Between a and b there is another curved mass of transparent cartilaginous substance , along the bottom of which runs a spine to which is attached a fringe - like fin . There is a spine upon the back ; the ...
... scales , about ten in number . Between a and b there is another curved mass of transparent cartilaginous substance , along the bottom of which runs a spine to which is attached a fringe - like fin . There is a spine upon the back ; the ...
Page 207
... scale of humanity to be worthy of any peculiar regard . In the follow- ing pages , I shall bring together such observations as my intercourse with them enabled me to collect ; arranging my remarks under the heads of Language ...
... scale of humanity to be worthy of any peculiar regard . In the follow- ing pages , I shall bring together such observations as my intercourse with them enabled me to collect ; arranging my remarks under the heads of Language ...
Page 367
... scale in the creation which nearly places them on a level with the brutes , and some years must elapse , ere a prejudice so firmly rooted as this can be alto- gether eradicated , but certainly a more unfounded one never had possession ...
... scale in the creation which nearly places them on a level with the brutes , and some years must elapse , ere a prejudice so firmly rooted as this can be alto- gether eradicated , but certainly a more unfounded one never had possession ...
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