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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... - mented taste , that nothing but absolute necessity could induce any one to eat it . The party , however , were in high spirits ; they talked of a walk of three VOL . II . с hundred miles in a direct line through the country (
... - mented taste , that nothing but absolute necessity could induce any one to eat it . The party , however , were in high spirits ; they talked of a walk of three VOL . II . с hundred miles in a direct line through the country (
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... induce one to throw anything away , another avari- cious fellow would pick it up ; and their thoughts and conversation , instead of running upon making the best of their way home and saving their lives , consisted in conjectures as to ...
... induce one to throw anything away , another avari- cious fellow would pick it up ; and their thoughts and conversation , instead of running upon making the best of their way home and saving their lives , consisted in conjectures as to ...
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... induce the settler adequately to remunerate the native for , as well as to provide him with , a con- stant supply of labour , and to use every exertion by kind and proper treatment , to attach him for as long a period as possible to his ...
... induce the settler adequately to remunerate the native for , as well as to provide him with , a con- stant supply of labour , and to use every exertion by kind and proper treatment , to attach him for as long a period as possible to his ...
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