Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia, During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government: Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c., &c. London, T. and W. Boone, 1841, Volume 1Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 - Aboriginal Australians |
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Page 136
... morning , from the table - land into a deep valley , following the track we had yesterday marked off , which was still , however , so rugged and rocky as to be very difficult to get along . Heavy rains set in , and these were always so ...
... morning , from the table - land into a deep valley , following the track we had yesterday marked off , which was still , however , so rugged and rocky as to be very difficult to get along . Heavy rains set in , and these were always so ...
Page 344
... morning would render the boats fit for sea . Sunday , March 3. - The men had slept but little during the night , for they were oppressed with thirst ; and when I rose in the morning , I saw evi- dent symptoms of the coming of another ...
... morning would render the boats fit for sea . Sunday , March 3. - The men had slept but little during the night , for they were oppressed with thirst ; and when I rose in the morning , I saw evi- dent symptoms of the coming of another ...
Page 384
... morning such a surf was breaking upon the beach , that to have at- tempted to move would have been madness . Here we were , therefore , once more kept prisoners upon this dreary coast ; the country was exactly similar to that lying ...
... morning such a surf was breaking upon the beach , that to have at- tempted to move would have been madness . Here we were , therefore , once more kept prisoners upon this dreary coast ; the country was exactly similar to that lying ...
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acalepha amongst animal appeared ascended Australia banks basaltic beach beautiful Bernier Island birds boat breakfast Cape Captain cave circumstances cliffs coast Coles colour course DARLING RANGE Diphya direction distance encampment feet fertile fire formed Gascoyne Glenelg Glenelg River grass ground Guanches halted Hanover Bay head hills horses island Kaiber kangaroo Length from tip lofty Lord Glenelg Lushington Lynher mangroves March miles morning moved natives nearly night observed painted pandanus party passed Perth picul ponies Prince Regent's River racter rain ravine reached remarkable resembling rocks rocky route running Ruston sandstone range sandy schooner seen Sharks Bay shore side soon southward spear species spot started Steep Point stream surf Swan River Teneriffe tentacula tion tip of beak tip of tail tip of wing track trees valley vessel Walker Western Australia whilst wind wooded