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
... whilst the rest of us lightened her , by carrying every thing we could on shore , after which we hauled her up . The custom had always been for the other boat to lie off until I made the signal for them to run in , and it accord- ingly ...
... whilst the rest of us lightened her , by carrying every thing we could on shore , after which we hauled her up . The custom had always been for the other boat to lie off until I made the signal for them to run in , and it accord- ingly ...
Page ix
... Whilst all hands were employed in endeavouring to repair damages , I ascended a hill to reconnoitre our present position , and found we were in a country of a pleasing and romantic appearance , and although the land was not good , the ...
... Whilst all hands were employed in endeavouring to repair damages , I ascended a hill to reconnoitre our present position , and found we were in a country of a pleasing and romantic appearance , and although the land was not good , the ...
Page ix
... whilst to have moved them to any distance would , in our present weak and enfeebled state , have been utterly impossible . No resource was now left to us but to endeavour to reach Perth by walking ; yet when I looked at the sickly faces ...
... whilst to have moved them to any distance would , in our present weak and enfeebled state , have been utterly impossible . No resource was now left to us but to endeavour to reach Perth by walking ; yet when I looked at the sickly faces ...
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... whilst I could enter what notes and bearings I had taken during the preceding hour . We were embarrassed for the first portion of our journey , this afternoon , by a thick scrub , through which we could only make our way with great ...
... whilst I could enter what notes and bearings I had taken during the preceding hour . We were embarrassed for the first portion of our journey , this afternoon , by a thick scrub , through which we could only make our way with great ...
Page 12
... whilst along the side of it we found frequent wells , some of which were ten and twelve feet deep , and were altogether executed in a superior manner . We now crossed the dry bed of a stream , and from that emerged upon a tract of light ...
... whilst along the side of it we found frequent wells , some of which were ten and twelve feet deep , and were altogether executed in a superior manner . We now crossed the dry bed of a stream , and from that emerged upon a tract of light ...
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