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Page 83
... Course W SW We steered our course for about 4 Miles , but the Country did not turn out to our expectation , for we here fell in with the Heads of Creeks which seemed to run towards the River , which we saw from the Hill before mentioned ...
... Course W SW We steered our course for about 4 Miles , but the Country did not turn out to our expectation , for we here fell in with the Heads of Creeks which seemed to run towards the River , which we saw from the Hill before mentioned ...
Page 238
... course of the day went near thirty miles in a north - north - west course , for ten of which there had been , strictly speaking , no land , as the flood made the surrounding country a perfect sea : the banks of the river were heavily ...
... course of the day went near thirty miles in a north - north - west course , for ten of which there had been , strictly speaking , no land , as the flood made the surrounding country a perfect sea : the banks of the river were heavily ...
Page 579
... course due North . For some fifteen miles after leaving the located part of the country he passed through tracts sufficiently good for either sheep or cattle . The ground then broke into ranges and became rocky and mountainous , and for ...
... course due North . For some fifteen miles after leaving the located part of the country he passed through tracts sufficiently good for either sheep or cattle . The ground then broke into ranges and became rocky and mountainous , and for ...
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