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Page 55
... Tent , Australind 5th April 1841 I must attempt before I lie down for the first time in the bush , to give you some description of the picturesque romantic scenes in which we are now engaged . We have just made our beds on the ground ...
... Tent , Australind 5th April 1841 I must attempt before I lie down for the first time in the bush , to give you some description of the picturesque romantic scenes in which we are now engaged . We have just made our beds on the ground ...
Page 67
... tent and was so vio- lent that many were alarmed till he was taken to his own tent . All the others joined us in the marquee at tea and we had a very sociable evening in conversation and looking at Henry and F. Bell's drawings and my ...
... tent and was so vio- lent that many were alarmed till he was taken to his own tent . All the others joined us in the marquee at tea and we had a very sociable evening in conversation and looking at Henry and F. Bell's drawings and my ...
Page 74
... tent life . This spot was then a wild untrodden wilderness ; bushes , zamia , brushwood and small trees thickly covering the soil which is now quite cleared ; the dining marquee then just being erected seemed to me a most lovely spot ...
... tent life . This spot was then a wild untrodden wilderness ; bushes , zamia , brushwood and small trees thickly covering the soil which is now quite cleared ; the dining marquee then just being erected seemed to me a most lovely spot ...
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Anna Cook and Ellen Moger | 19 |
Louisa Clifton | 39 |
Annie Baxter | 86 |
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