Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia, During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government: Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c., &c. London, T. and W. Boone, 1841, Volume 2Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 - Australia |
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Page 104
... Hottentot fig . Mr. Smith now gradually became exhausted , and , at last , one even- ing sat down on a bank , and said he could not go on . He was behind the party with Ruston , who thought he was dying , and went on and told the other ...
... Hottentot fig . Mr. Smith now gradually became exhausted , and , at last , one even- ing sat down on a bank , and said he could not go on . He was behind the party with Ruston , who thought he was dying , and went on and told the other ...
Page 129
... Hottentot fig ) , but they did not understand either of the names used for it at Swan River - golboys , ' or ' mejaruk . ' They called it by a different name . After a little , they volunteered to take us to water , and we walked along ...
... Hottentot fig ) , but they did not understand either of the names used for it at Swan River - golboys , ' or ' mejaruk . ' They called it by a different name . After a little , they volunteered to take us to water , and we walked along ...
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