The History of Australian Discovery and Colonisation Volume 4 pdf
The History of Australian Discovery and Colonisation Volume 4 pdf
The History of Australian Discovery and Colonisation Volume 4 by Samuel Bennett
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Author: Samuel Bennett
Page Count: 278 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: eBook
ISBN: 9781236181435
File size: 17 Mb
File Name: The.History.of.Australian.Discovery.and.Colonisation.Volume.4.pdf
Download Link: The History of Australian Discovery and Colonisation Volume 4
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ... of the earliest and most enthusiastic of the many brave men who have lost their lives in the cause of Australian discovery, although occupying a comparatively humble position, he deserves this brief notice of his character, services, and fate. smokes nor other marks of inhabitants had as yet been perceived upon the land, although we had passed along seventy miles of its coast. It was too late to go on shore this evening; but every glass in the ship was pointed there, to see what could be discovered. Several black lumps, like rocks, were pretended to have been seen in motion by some of the young gentlemen, which caused the force of their imaginations to be much admired; next morning, however, on going toward the shore, a number of dark brown kangaroos were seen feeding upon a grass plat by the side of the wood, and our landing gave them no disturbance. I had with me a double-barrelled gun, fitted with a bayonet, and the gentlemen my companions had muskets. It would be difficult to guess how many kangaroos were seen; but I killed ten, and the rest of the party made up the number to thirty-one, taken on board in the course of the day; the least of them weighing sixty-nine, and the largest one hundred and twentyfive pounds. After this butchery, for the poor animals suffered themselves to be shot in the eyes with small shot, and in some cases to be knocked on the head with sticks, I scrambled with difficulty through the brush-wood, and over fallen trees, to reach the higher land with the surveying instruments; but the thickness and height of the wood prevented anything else from being distinguished. There was little doubt, however, that this extensive piece of land was separated from the continent; for the extraordinary tameness of the kangaroos and the presenc...
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The History of Australian Discovery and Colonisation Volume 4 by Samuel Bennett
Author: Samuel Bennett
Page Count: 278 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: eBook
ISBN: 9781236181435
File size: 17 Mb
File Name: The.History.of.Australian.Discovery.and.Colonisation.Volume.4.pdf
Download Link: The History of Australian Discovery and Colonisation Volume 4
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ... of the earliest and most enthusiastic of the many brave men who have lost their lives in the cause of Australian discovery, although occupying a comparatively humble position, he deserves this brief notice of his character, services, and fate. smokes nor other marks of inhabitants had as yet been perceived upon the land, although we had passed along seventy miles of its coast. It was too late to go on shore this evening; but every glass in the ship was pointed there, to see what could be discovered. Several black lumps, like rocks, were pretended to have been seen in motion by some of the young gentlemen, which caused the force of their imaginations to be much admired; next morning, however, on going toward the shore, a number of dark brown kangaroos were seen feeding upon a grass plat by the side of the wood, and our landing gave them no disturbance. I had with me a double-barrelled gun, fitted with a bayonet, and the gentlemen my companions had muskets. It would be difficult to guess how many kangaroos were seen; but I killed ten, and the rest of the party made up the number to thirty-one, taken on board in the course of the day; the least of them weighing sixty-nine, and the largest one hundred and twentyfive pounds. After this butchery, for the poor animals suffered themselves to be shot in the eyes with small shot, and in some cases to be knocked on the head with sticks, I scrambled with difficulty through the brush-wood, and over fallen trees, to reach the higher land with the surveying instruments; but the thickness and height of the wood prevented anything else from being distinguished. There was little doubt, however, that this extensive piece of land was separated from the continent; for the extraordinary tameness of the kangaroos and the presenc...
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