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 74
... settler's hut ; -but was it possible for me to return alone to my countrymen , and to say that I had lost all my comrades ? that I had saved myself , and left the others to perish ? Yet I knew that unless I sent assistance to the first ...
... settler's hut ; -but was it possible for me to return alone to my countrymen , and to say that I had lost all my comrades ? that I had saved myself , and left the others to perish ? Yet I knew that unless I sent assistance to the first ...
Page 95
... cottage , who was the settler living farthest north from Perth . In about an hour and a half I reached Williams's hut - which I entered , and found his wife and another woman at breakfast.- 66 I had often got a drink of milk at.
... cottage , who was the settler living farthest north from Perth . In about an hour and a half I reached Williams's hut - which I entered , and found his wife and another woman at breakfast.- 66 I had often got a drink of milk at.
Page 96
... settler's houses , and who had somehow or the other acquired the nick - name of Magic . ) — I was rather hurt at my reception , and said , " I am not Magic ; " at this they both burst into a roar of laughter , and Mrs. Williams said ...
... settler's houses , and who had somehow or the other acquired the nick - name of Magic . ) — I was rather hurt at my reception , and said , " I am not Magic ; " at this they both burst into a roar of laughter , and Mrs. Williams said ...
Page 123
... settlers were made to the Government of Western Australia , to permit them to occupy a district which had been so highly spoken of ; this application was , however , un- successful , but an expedition was subsequently sent there to ...
... settlers were made to the Government of Western Australia , to permit them to occupy a district which had been so highly spoken of ; this application was , however , un- successful , but an expedition was subsequently sent there to ...
Page 124
... settlers . With this view , G. F. Moore , Esq . , embarked on the trip . " The Abrolhos .-- Lat . by a good sight on shore , 288 ° 45 ′ , subsequently corrected to 288 ° 40 ′ . That part of the Abrolhos , where we anchored , seems to ...
... settlers . With this view , G. F. Moore , Esq . , embarked on the trip . " The Abrolhos .-- Lat . by a good sight on shore , 288 ° 45 ′ , subsequently corrected to 288 ° 40 ′ . That part of the Abrolhos , where we anchored , seems to ...
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