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... Beautiful plain and lake . - Water - lilies , & c . - Residence on the top of a hillock .-- Native graves . - Sees Kangaroos . - Tiger loses a shoe . -Oats . Kangaroos . -Skin prepared . - Mocassins made . - Frilled lizard . - Gipsy ...
... Beautiful plain and lake . - Water - lilies , & c . - Residence on the top of a hillock .-- Native graves . - Sees Kangaroos . - Tiger loses a shoe . -Oats . Kangaroos . -Skin prepared . - Mocassins made . - Frilled lizard . - Gipsy ...
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... beautiful , and at times so grotesque . A morning's amusement consisted of converting one of those enormous shells called Tritons into a tea - kettle . Not that Captain Spencer was without this necessary utensil , but the singularity of ...
... beautiful , and at times so grotesque . A morning's amusement consisted of converting one of those enormous shells called Tritons into a tea - kettle . Not that Captain Spencer was without this necessary utensil , but the singularity of ...
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... 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 the advantage of not being liable ...
... 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 the advantage of not being liable ...
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... beautiful branching Corallines , and sea - weeds of strange forms , and splendid hues , showing a rich world of interest beneath the waters . In the Mangrove swamps they found the Close - eyed Gudgeon , * which , when it landed on firm ...
... beautiful branching Corallines , and sea - weeds of strange forms , and splendid hues , showing a rich world of interest beneath the waters . In the Mangrove swamps they found the Close - eyed Gudgeon , * which , when it landed on firm ...
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... beautiful objects , life was varied by occasional intercourse with the inhabi- tants of the gem - like spots of earth which studded the Eastern ocean , who brought fowls , fruits , and 8 ADVENTURES IN AUSTRALIA ; OR ,
... beautiful objects , life was varied by occasional intercourse with the inhabi- tants of the gem - like spots of earth which studded the Eastern ocean , who brought fowls , fruits , and 8 ADVENTURES IN AUSTRALIA ; OR ,
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