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... Kangaroo - Shooting - Angling - The Pla- typus , or Watermole - Snakes - Man Bitten - Effects of the Venom -First ... Kangaroos -White Cockatoos - Parrots Story of the White Woman carried off by the Wild Blacks - A Cool Visitor-- Return ...
... Kangaroo - Shooting - Angling - The Pla- typus , or Watermole - Snakes - Man Bitten - Effects of the Venom -First ... Kangaroos -White Cockatoos - Parrots Story of the White Woman carried off by the Wild Blacks - A Cool Visitor-- Return ...
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... kangaroos in quiet possession of the plains , all the other witnesses are put to silence , and listen in admiration to their more enterprising companion . The matter now seems brought to a conclusion , and A. and his party are already ...
... kangaroos in quiet possession of the plains , all the other witnesses are put to silence , and listen in admiration to their more enterprising companion . The matter now seems brought to a conclusion , and A. and his party are already ...
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... kangaroo than anything else : somebody , thought I , must surely be damaged before long ; but I was quite a stranger to the sort of thing , and had not then learnt , what I was assured of on my return home , that " it was only the way ...
... kangaroo than anything else : somebody , thought I , must surely be damaged before long ; but I was quite a stranger to the sort of thing , and had not then learnt , what I was assured of on my return home , that " it was only the way ...
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... , as the white man , by his intrusion and pre- sence , to drive away the emus and kangaroos , which the black denominated his cattle . On another occasion I observed one of the tribe watching CHAP . X. ] MENTAL POWERS OF THE BLACKS . 107.
... , as the white man , by his intrusion and pre- sence , to drive away the emus and kangaroos , which the black denominated his cattle . On another occasion I observed one of the tribe watching CHAP . X. ] MENTAL POWERS OF THE BLACKS . 107.
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... Kangaroo - Shooting - Angling - The Platypus or Watermole - Snakes - Man bitten - Effects of the Venom - First Sight of a new pastoral District - Picturesque Scene - Remarks upon the Climate of Australia . A CONSIDERABLE portion of a ...
... Kangaroo - Shooting - Angling - The Platypus or Watermole - Snakes - Man bitten - Effects of the Venom - First Sight of a new pastoral District - Picturesque Scene - Remarks upon the Climate of Australia . A CONSIDERABLE portion of a ...
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