Narrative of a Voyage Round the World: Comprehending an Account of the Wreck of the Ship "Governor Ready" in Torres Straits; a Description of the British Settlements on the Coasts of New Holland, More Particularly Raffles Bay, Melville Island, Swan River, and King George's Sound; Also to Manners and Customs of the Aboriginal Tribes ... |
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... reach Melville Island , we proceed to Timor - Straits of Semao - Colonial Brig " Amity ” —Arrival at Coupang - Mr . Underwood's Narrative - Retrospective View of Oc- currences - Character of the Officers 34 xii CONTENTS . CHAPTER IV ...
... reach Melville Island , we proceed to Timor - Straits of Semao - Colonial Brig " Amity ” —Arrival at Coupang - Mr . Underwood's Narrative - Retrospective View of Oc- currences - Character of the Officers 34 xii CONTENTS . CHAPTER IV ...
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... reach Half - way Island long before sun - set , we did not stop at Murray's Island ; greatly to the disappointment of the natives , many of whom were seen running along the beach , and in- viting us , by every means in their power to ...
... reach Half - way Island long before sun - set , we did not stop at Murray's Island ; greatly to the disappointment of the natives , many of whom were seen running along the beach , and in- viting us , by every means in their power to ...
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... prospect of success , was to en- deavour to reach some European settlement in the boats the nearest to us , of whose situation we had any certain knowledge , was Melville Island , which , we ADDRESS TO THE SHIP'S COMPANY . 13 had heard ,
... prospect of success , was to en- deavour to reach some European settlement in the boats the nearest to us , of whose situation we had any certain knowledge , was Melville Island , which , we ADDRESS TO THE SHIP'S COMPANY . 13 had heard ,
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... reach the nearest pro- bable place of obtaining succour , many of them , —those particularly who had wives and children , -began to despair ; they were rallied out of their despondency , and as there were several intelligent men among ...
... reach the nearest pro- bable place of obtaining succour , many of them , —those particularly who had wives and children , -began to despair ; they were rallied out of their despondency , and as there were several intelligent men among ...
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... ship for a short time , to put the long - boat in some order , and to fit her with sails ; but , being convinced that no good was to be expected from the sailors while spirits were 20 VOYAGE IN THE BOATS COMMENCED . within their reach c 2.
... ship for a short time , to put the long - boat in some order , and to fit her with sails ; but , being convinced that no good was to be expected from the sailors while spirits were 20 VOYAGE IN THE BOATS COMMENCED . within their reach c 2.
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Aborigines accompanied Amity appeared APPENDIX arrived ascertain bank Batavia beach boat breeze brig camp canoe Cape Captain Barker Captain Laws Captain Stirling Captain Young chronometer circumstance colony Commandant considerable Coupang course crew Davis daylight directed discovered disease distance eastward endeavoured exceedingly excursion favourable fired formed Governor Phillips Governor Ready Holland informed Isle kangaroo King George's Sound latitude Lieutenant long-boat longitude Malays Melville Island ment meridian altitude Miago miles Mimaloo Mokǎrē morning Murray's Island named natives night noon north coast northward observed obtained party passage passed perceived Port Essington Port Jackson present prisoners proas proceeded prudent Raffles Bay received reef round sail sailors settlement settlers ship shore short skiff soon South Wales southward spears Straits Success Swan River Sydney taken Timor tion took trees trepang vessel voyage walked weather Wednesday Island Wellington wind wood
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Page 258 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleased. Now...
Page 36 - They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 258 - Now came still evening on, and twilight grey Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung , Silence was...
Page 312 - One had the form of a parrot's head, with a ruff round the neck, and was not ill done. Their canoes are about fifty feet in length, and appear to have been hollowed out of a single tree ; but the pieces which form the gunwales are planks sewed on with the fibres of the cocoa nut, and secured with pegs. These vessels are low, forward, but rise abaft; and, being narrow, are fitted with an outrigger on each side, to keep them steady. A raft, of. greater breadth than the canoe, extends over about half...
Page 123 - ... places, on which a few years ago, settlements, by direction of our government, were formed, but which have since been abandoned, as Dr. Wilson argues, and shews, from very insufficient and mistaken causes. The principal object in forming a settlement on the coast in question, as the author states, was to establish a commercial intercourse with the natives of various islands in the Indian Archipelago, and which, it was imagined, might be brought about through the means of the Malays, who annually...