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 105
... track ; and when we halted for the night I carefully chose a good posi- tion , and mentioning my apprehensions concerning the natives to the men in such a way as to put them on their guard without exciting their alarm , we bivouacked ...
... track ; and when we halted for the night I carefully chose a good posi- tion , and mentioning my apprehensions concerning the natives to the men in such a way as to put them on their guard without exciting their alarm , we bivouacked ...
Page 229
... track twice in the afternoon , and encamped , in the evening , under a conical hill . April 10. - Started at dawn , travelling nearly N. W. , and crossed the heads of all the streams which I had before seen emptying themselves into the ...
... track twice in the afternoon , and encamped , in the evening , under a conical hill . April 10. - Started at dawn , travelling nearly N. W. , and crossed the heads of all the streams which I had before seen emptying themselves into the ...
Page 319
... tracks which we were able to distinguish for about two miles and a half , when they quitted it in a s . s . w . direc- tion ; and from the hard nature of the ground , the tracking from thence became excessively diffi- cult . If the colt ...
... tracks which we were able to distinguish for about two miles and a half , when they quitted it in a s . s . w . direc- tion ; and from the hard nature of the ground , the tracking from thence became excessively diffi- cult . If the colt ...
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