The Beckoning West: The Story of H. S. Trotman and the Canning Stock RouteAppendix 4 gives list of native waters and bores and wells sunk by members of Canning Stock Route party in 1908-10; p.58; Art of tracking described; p.75; Sandals made by natives found at Roy Hill; description of corroboree - songmen, dancers bodies decorated with paint and glued on down; p.87; Cooking of kangaroo described; p.88; Treatment of injuries; p.90; Brief description of circumcision method at initiation ceremony; p.127; Painted caves at Killagurra noted; method of catching spinifex rats described. |
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Page 96
... never again to employ Afghan camelmen ; and in fact I never did . If Canning had a fault it was in the queer estimates he made when catering for a trip , ordering too little of this and too much of that , but one commodity we always had ...
... never again to employ Afghan camelmen ; and in fact I never did . If Canning had a fault it was in the queer estimates he made when catering for a trip , ordering too little of this and too much of that , but one commodity we always had ...
Page 98
... never met those tough men before but that night they shared my joy and in the morning my hangover ! Following their directions I came into Canning's camp at the appointed spot , bursting with my news , and we drank to- gether , Canning ...
... never met those tough men before but that night they shared my joy and in the morning my hangover ! Following their directions I came into Canning's camp at the appointed spot , bursting with my news , and we drank to- gether , Canning ...
Page 114
... never had more than two spares on which we took it in turns to ride . This privilege was never abused by the men , but the cook expected to ride all the time . Before long he realized he was a member of an unsympathetic and hardbitten ...
... never had more than two spares on which we took it in turns to ride . This privilege was never abused by the men , but the cook expected to ride all the time . Before long he realized he was a member of an unsympathetic and hardbitten ...
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Green Fields of Home | 1 |
The Beckoning West | 8 |
First Expedition | 14 |
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