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 52
... thick wood , which we found exceedingly difficult to tra- verse . We then continued our s . by E. course for four miles further , over undulating sandy downs , and halted for the night in a small clump of Bank- sia trees , which ...
... thick wood , which we found exceedingly difficult to tra- verse . We then continued our s . by E. course for four miles further , over undulating sandy downs , and halted for the night in a small clump of Bank- sia trees , which ...
Page 53
... THICK WOOD . 53 Our route lay along a series of undulating sandy hills , which sloped down to a fertile plain , four or five miles in width , on the western side of which rose a low range of dunes , and beyond these was the sea . We ...
... THICK WOOD . 53 Our route lay along a series of undulating sandy hills , which sloped down to a fertile plain , four or five miles in width , on the western side of which rose a low range of dunes , and beyond these was the sea . We ...
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... thick bed of reeds , and made me a sign which was unobserved by the others , as was evidently his intention . I hurried up , and found him with his head buried in a small hole of moist mud , —for I can call it nothing else . I very ...
... thick bed of reeds , and made me a sign which was unobserved by the others , as was evidently his intention . I hurried up , and found him with his head buried in a small hole of moist mud , —for I can call it nothing else . I very ...
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