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Page viii
... animals by burning scrub . - Kinchela mends spear . — Kin- chela talks of bad black men . n . — Magellanic clouds . — Higher hills . -Wallabies . - Talperos . - Emu . - Emu oil . - Cross the moun- tains . - Flies . - Iguana ...
... animals by burning scrub . - Kinchela mends spear . — Kin- chela talks of bad black men . n . — Magellanic clouds . — Higher hills . -Wallabies . - Talperos . - Emu . - Emu oil . - Cross the moun- tains . - Flies . - Iguana ...
Page ix
... animal and vegetable life . - Sand , quartz , iron . - Scorching sun . - No water , no food . - Distress of Captain Spencer . - Dog and horse suffer much . - Tiger appears to die.— Sorrow of Captain Spencer . - Kinchela lies down to die ...
... animal and vegetable life . - Sand , quartz , iron . - Scorching sun . - No water , no food . - Distress of Captain Spencer . - Dog and horse suffer much . - Tiger appears to die.— Sorrow of Captain Spencer . - Kinchela lies down to die ...
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... animals was preserved by now and then landing on one of the islands , and taking a run and a gallop , and for a time the invalid was pleased with the dreamy sort of life which such a scheme afforded . One great source of interest lay in ...
... animals was preserved by now and then landing on one of the islands , and taking a run and a gallop , and for a time the invalid was pleased with the dreamy sort of life which such a scheme afforded . One great source of interest lay in ...
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... animal within , covered with its beautiful spots , and lying in a heap in one part of the shell . He had chosen one of the least , for some of them weighed six hundred pounds ; still his equipage was heavy it must be owned , but it had ...
... animal within , covered with its beautiful spots , and lying in a heap in one part of the shell . He had chosen one of the least , for some of them weighed six hundred pounds ; still his equipage was heavy it must be owned , but it had ...
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... animal ; and then it occurred to the Englishman that it was the sound made by the Drum , or Organ - fish , † of which he had read , and when he again heard it , swelling and dying away as it were , under his feet , he was satisfied with ...
... animal ; and then it occurred to the Englishman that it was the sound made by the Drum , or Organ - fish , † of which he had read , and when he again heard it , swelling and dying away as it were , under his feet , he was satisfied with ...
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Acacia pendula Adelaide AFRICAN WANDERERS animal appeared arms asked Australia bark beautiful birds black fellow Boccolo boughs boyl-ya bushes cattle caught Charlie chela cliffs cloak cloth Cockatoos coloured companions covered distance Edition Englishman Engravings eyes Fcap feet fire fish flew flowers formed friends George Onslow Gipsy grass Gum-trees hands Harry Burton head heard hills hole horse Hunter River ISAAC TAYLOR Kangaroo killed Kinchela knew laughing leaves legs looked Malays master meal morning mouth natives never night Onslow Opossum party passed pieces pistols plain plenty poor Price proceeded replied returned river round sand saying schooner scrub seemed seen shore shoulders side skin spears spot stick stones stood surprised Swan River tail tain Spencer tarpauling Tiger told took traveller trees Trepang tribe turned walked Wallabies Warrup watched young
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