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" At last, being out of hopes to find their habitations, we searched no farther; but left a great many toys ashore, in such places where we thought that they would come. In all our search we found no water, but old wells on the sandy bays. "
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia ... - Page 93
by Philip Parker King - 1827
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A New Voyage Round the World, Volume 1

William Dampier - Buccaneers - 1699 - 592 pages
...our fearch we found no Water, but old Wells on the fandy Bays. At laft we went over to the Iflands, and there we found a great many of the Natives : I do believe there were 40 on one Ifland, Men , Women and Children. The Men at our firft coming aihore, threatned us with their...
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A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and ..., Volume 11

John Pinkerton - Discoveries in geography - 1812 - 1030 pages
...our fearch we found no water, but old wells on the fandy bays. At laft we went over to the iflands, and there we found a great many of the natives : I do believe there were forty on4 one ifland, men, women, ami children. The men at our firft coming aihore threatened us with their...
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Early Voyages to Terra Australis, Now Called Australia: A Collection of ...

Richard Henry Major - Australia - 1859 - 356 pages
...habitations, we searched no farther ; but left a great many toys ashore, in such places where we thought that they would come. In all our search we found no water,...on one island, men, women, and children. The men, at our first coming ashore, threatened us with their lances and swords ; but they were frighted by...
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The History of Australian Discovery and Colonisation, Part 1

Samuel Bennett - Australia - 1865 - 710 pages
...habitations, we searched no further, but left a great many toys ashore in such places where we thought that they would come. In all our search we found no water,...forty on one island, men, women, and children. The men at our first coming ashore threatened us with their lances and swords, but they were frightened by...
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The History of Australian Discovery and Colonisation

Samuel Bennett - Australia - 1867 - 710 pages
...but left a great many toys ashore in such places where we thought that they would come. In all cur search we found no water, but old wells on the sandy...forty on one island, men, women, and children. The men at our first coming ashore threatened us with their lances and swords, but they were frightened by...
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The History of Australian Discovery and Colonisation

Samuel Bennett - Australia - 1867 - 712 pages
...habitations, we searched no further, but left a great many toys ashore in such places where we thought that they would come. In all our search we found no water,...great many of the natives, I do believe there were fortv on one island, men, women, and children. The men at our first coming ashore threatened us with...
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The English Circumnavigators: The Most Remarkable Voyages Round the World by ...

David Laing Purves - Discoveries in geography - 1874 - 856 pages
...habitations, we searched no farther ; but left a great many toys ashore, in snchplaceswherewe thought that they would come. In all our search we found no water,...At last we went over to the islands, and there we * Mentioned in Chapter IV., page 158. 3 One of the Windward Islands, visited by the Author in 1681....
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A Source Book of Australian History

History - 1919 - 236 pages
...habitations, we searched no further but left a great many toys ashore, in such places that we thought that they would come. In all our search we found no water,...forty on one island, men women and children. The men at our first coming ashore, threatened us with their lances and swords, but they were frightened, by...
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St. Martin's Anthologies of English Literature: Volume 3, Restoration and ...

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1990 - 622 pages
...Swift's Gulliver refers to his 'cousin Dampier'. From A NEW VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD [Australian Natives} At last we went over to the islands, and there we...on one island, men, women, and children. The men, at our first coming ashore, threatened us with their lances and swords; but they were frighted by firing...
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The Explorers: Stories of Discovery and Adventure from the Australian Frontier

Tim Fridtjof Flannery - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 404 pages
...some provision among them. But the inhabitants, seeing our boat coming, run away and hid themselves... At last we went over to the islands, and there we...forty on one island, men, women and children. The men at our first coming ashore threatened us with their lances and swords, but they were frighted by firing...
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