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 61
... look for more , and were imprudent enough , before I found out what they were doing , to eat several of the nuts which were not sufficiently dried , the con- sequences of which were , that they were seized with violent fits of vomiting ...
... look for more , and were imprudent enough , before I found out what they were doing , to eat several of the nuts which were not sufficiently dried , the con- sequences of which were , that they were seized with violent fits of vomiting ...
Page 76
... look ; and I know not where to look . " I now lost all patience with him , and replied-- " Kaiber , deceive as you will , you cannot deceive me ; follow back our tracks instantly to the point from whence we started : if you do not find ...
... look ; and I know not where to look . " I now lost all patience with him , and replied-- " Kaiber , deceive as you will , you cannot deceive me ; follow back our tracks instantly to the point from whence we started : if you do not find ...
Page 104
... look out on the beach , and hoist concerted signals . For two days after Mr. Walker left them , it ap- pears they wandered about to look for water , and then fished . They fortunately fell in with a cask of water , washed up on the ...
... look out on the beach , and hoist concerted signals . For two days after Mr. Walker left them , it ap- pears they wandered about to look for water , and then fished . They fortunately fell in with a cask of water , washed up on the ...
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