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 102
... nearly east . Got plenty of green stuff to eat . They had now two guns , and the means of getting fire , but the powder and shot was nearly expended . The axe I left with them had been lost soon after . April 21. - Woods left the others ...
... nearly east . Got plenty of green stuff to eat . They had now two guns , and the means of getting fire , but the powder and shot was nearly expended . The axe I left with them had been lost soon after . April 21. - Woods left the others ...
Page 157
... nearly the same length ; the third leg nearly double the length of either of the others ; five on each side . The top of the head is divided into two prominent knobs , one on each side , which , viewed through a microscope , appear to ...
... nearly the same length ; the third leg nearly double the length of either of the others ; five on each side . The top of the head is divided into two prominent knobs , one on each side , which , viewed through a microscope , appear to ...
Page 446
... nearly allied to Leiuperus of MM . Dumeril and Bibron , with which it agrees in having no teeth on the palate , but it differs from it in the tympanum being quite hid . The internal nostrils are some distance in front of the cross ...
... nearly allied to Leiuperus of MM . Dumeril and Bibron , with which it agrees in having no teeth on the palate , but it differs from it in the tympanum being quite hid . The internal nostrils are some distance in front of the cross ...
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