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Page 11
... bring me the hatchet . What a blade - it can fell a sapling with a single hit ! No tribesman in the whole Reserve had one like that , and she asked for nothing in return . Yes , she also sent a box of matches for my wives . We never ...
... bring me the hatchet . What a blade - it can fell a sapling with a single hit ! No tribesman in the whole Reserve had one like that , and she asked for nothing in return . Yes , she also sent a box of matches for my wives . We never ...
Page 44
... bring a billy of water , leaving him behind . He seemed not so keen to struggle when he was left alone . Perhaps he feared that even if he did break free , it would not be long before he would be caught again and brought back to the ...
... bring a billy of water , leaving him behind . He seemed not so keen to struggle when he was left alone . Perhaps he feared that even if he did break free , it would not be long before he would be caught again and brought back to the ...
Page 72
... bring no joy to the whites . These animals are not like cockatoos to be kept in cages ; they will never learn to say a single word to man , and would rather die of hunger than take food from a white hand . The pump is silent now but it ...
... bring no joy to the whites . These animals are not like cockatoos to be kept in cages ; they will never learn to say a single word to man , and would rather die of hunger than take food from a white hand . The pump is silent now but it ...
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angry Anguban animals Baba babaru balandja barley sugar beast belly better billabong billycan bilma birds Boma boulder branches Bungawa bush bush tucker camp chant cliff cloud cockatoo crawl crocodile dark didjeridu dilly bag dingo Djangau dragged dreams dust Duwei eyes fellows fire flaps flock Galpu gather Gidja goanna gone ground hand hill hurry inside Jambawal keep leaves look mangrove marain Marngit Midinari Mother Murngin Nakara Namanama Nati never night Padre pandanus paperbark Perhaps Pitjanta pity Pupa Purelko Ranger rest river rocks Ruria sand seen Sergeant shelter skin sneak soul sound spear spirit boss spirit world stick stretch struggle tell Tiwa told track trap tree tribal country tribal elders trunk tucker valley voice walk wallaby Warand Warngi water hole Wati Wawa white man's whole wonder Wongar Yirli yudu