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 71
... ravine ; but , as there was no shelter here from the sun's rays , and the pangs of thirst were pressing , I roused the men at last , and moved on again , following the course of the ravine upwards - we had not walked more than half a ...
... ravine ; but , as there was no shelter here from the sun's rays , and the pangs of thirst were pressing , I roused the men at last , and moved on again , following the course of the ravine upwards - we had not walked more than half a ...
Page 137
... ravine , between the points where the subsi- diary ravines ran into it , and where it joined the sea . If I could succeed in doing this , our difficul . ties would , in a great measure , have terminated , for no other main ravine lay ...
... ravine , between the points where the subsi- diary ravines ran into it , and where it joined the sea . If I could succeed in doing this , our difficul . ties would , in a great measure , have terminated , for no other main ravine lay ...
Page 139
... ravine , was still so broken and difficult that the ponies could only carry half loads along it ; and the descent down the cliffs was so steep , that they were obliged to be unladen and led into the ravine with- out their burthens ...
... ravine , was still so broken and difficult that the ponies could only carry half loads along it ; and the descent down the cliffs was so steep , that they were obliged to be unladen and led into the ravine with- out their burthens ...
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