 | James Silk Buckingham - Great Britain - 1826 - 624 pages
...curious drawings, which " were executed," says Mr. Cunningham, the botanist to the expedition, " upon a ground of red ochre, (rubbed on the black schistus,)...tolerable figures of sharks, porpoises, turtles, lizards, trepang, star-fish, clubs, canoes, water-gourds, and some quadrupeds, which were probably intended... | |
 | Christianity - 1826 - 630 pages
...curious drawings, which " were executed," says Mr. Cunningham, the botanist to the expedition, " upon a ground of red ochre, (rubbed on the black schistus,)...tolerable figures of sharks, porpoises, turtles, lizards, trepaug, star-fish, clubs, canoes, water-gourds, and some quadrupeds, which were probably intended... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1826 - 624 pages
...curious drawings, which " were executed," says Mr. Cunningham, the botanist to the expedition, " upon a ground of red ochre, (rubbed on the black schistus,)...argillaceous earth, which had been worked up into apaste.' They represented tolerable figures of sharks, porpoises, turtles, lizards, trepang, star-fish,... | |
 | 1827 - 604 pages
...particularly described. They were executed upon a ground of red ochre, (rubbed on the black schist us,) and were delineated by dots of a white argillaceous...of sharks, porpoises, turtles, lizards, (of which I taw several small ones among the rocks,) trepang, star-fish, clubs, canoes, water-gourds, and some... | |
 | Theology - 1829 - 434 pages
...particularly described ; they were executed upon a ground of red ochre, (rubbed on the black schistose,) and were delineated by dots of a white argillaceous...among the rocks) trepang, star-fish, clubs, canoes, water-gourds, and some quadrupeds, which were probably intended to represent kangaroos and dogs. The... | |
 | William Howitt - Australia - 1865 - 450 pages
...upon a ground of red ochre, rubbed on the dark schistus, and then had delineated figures by dots of white argillaceous earth, which had been worked up...tolerable figures of sharks, porpoises, turtles, lizards, trepang, star-fish, clubs, canoes, water gourds, and some quadrupeds, probaby intended to represent... | |
 | Samuel Bennett - Australia - 1865 - 710 pages
...the figures were outlined by dots, and the objects further delineated by transverse lines or belts of white argillaceous earth, which had been worked up into a paste ; they represented with tolerable accuracy figures of sharks, porpoises, turtles, lizards, trepang, star-fish, clubs,... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch - Australia - 1886 - 1090 pages
...particularly described. They were executed upon a ground of red ochre, rubbed on the black schist us, and were delineated by dots of a white argillaceous...small ones among the rocks), trepang, starfish, clubs, canoe*, water-gourds, and some quadiupeds, which were probably intended to represent kangaroos and... | |
 | Ernest Favenc - Australia - 1888 - 510 pages
...executed upon a ground of red ochre (rubbed on the black schistus), and were delineated by dots of white argillaceous earth, which had been worked up...of sharks, porpoises, turtles, lizards (of which I s aw several small ones among the rocks), trepang, star-fish, clubs, canoes, water-gourds, and some... | |
 | Thomas Worsnop - Aboriginal Australians - 1897 - 372 pages
...curious drawings were observed, which deserve to be particularly described. They were executed upon a ground of red ochre, rubbed on the black schistus,...among the rocks), trepang, starfish, clubs, canoes, water-gourds, and some quadrupeds, which were probably intended to represent kangaroos and dogs. The... | |
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... soft a consistence that the weather had excavated several tiers of galleries, upon the roof and sides of which some curious drawings were observed, which deserve to be particularly described. They were executed upon a ground of red ochre, rubbed on... 
