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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... mouth , which turned out to be the opening we saw in the morning : this mouth is completely sheltered by a line of breakers and reefs , which , although they present a most for- midable appearance from the sea , can be doubled by ...
... mouth , which turned out to be the opening we saw in the morning : this mouth is completely sheltered by a line of breakers and reefs , which , although they present a most for- midable appearance from the sea , can be doubled by ...
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... mouth of the Garban River , we turned our steps that way ; -left a paper of directions in the event of their being behind us , and carefully examined both beach and sand - hills , as well as the country immediately in rear of them ...
... mouth of the Garban River , we turned our steps that way ; -left a paper of directions in the event of their being behind us , and carefully examined both beach and sand - hills , as well as the country immediately in rear of them ...
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... mouth , after which it is only navigable for small boats in the dry season , and that merely for a short distance . The greatest difficulty which presents itself in entering the southern mouth arises from what in America are termed ...
... mouth , after which it is only navigable for small boats in the dry season , and that merely for a short distance . The greatest difficulty which presents itself in entering the southern mouth arises from what in America are termed ...
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