Australia as it is: Its Settlements, Farms, and Gold Fields, Том 1Colburn, 1852 - Всего страниц: 317 |
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... frequently wear rings , or orna- ments in the nose , which they deem a charm against evil . The aborigines are divided into tribes , each of which has a peculiar district sacred to itself , and it is an universal custom among these ...
... frequently wear rings , or orna- ments in the nose , which they deem a charm against evil . The aborigines are divided into tribes , each of which has a peculiar district sacred to itself , and it is an universal custom among these ...
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... are birds graceful in shape and movement , and easily domesticated ; but with a loud , harsh , screaming note . Cockatoos and parrots frequently commit sad havoc in the corn - fields ; a few years back , 40 AUSTRALIA.
... are birds graceful in shape and movement , and easily domesticated ; but with a loud , harsh , screaming note . Cockatoos and parrots frequently commit sad havoc in the corn - fields ; a few years back , 40 AUSTRALIA.
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... frequently taken for water snakes . The true water snakes , however , may be easily distinguished from all others by their pos- sessing a flattened tail similar to that of an eel . The ring snake is small , marked by alter- nate circles ...
... frequently taken for water snakes . The true water snakes , however , may be easily distinguished from all others by their pos- sessing a flattened tail similar to that of an eel . The ring snake is small , marked by alter- nate circles ...
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... frequently met with , people are rarely injured by them . generally found among dead wood . The centipede is Its bite is scorpion or more virulent than that of the tarantula , but seldom or never fatal . Still it must not be neglected ...
... frequently met with , people are rarely injured by them . generally found among dead wood . The centipede is Its bite is scorpion or more virulent than that of the tarantula , but seldom or never fatal . Still it must not be neglected ...
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... frequently used timber is as follows : Stringy bark , a variety of encalyptus , grows in clayey soils , and attains a gigantic size . It is a most durable and useful wood , hard in texture , and even in grain . The settlers split it up ...
... frequently used timber is as follows : Stringy bark , a variety of encalyptus , grows in clayey soils , and attains a gigantic size . It is a most durable and useful wood , hard in texture , and even in grain . The settlers split it up ...
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Australia as it is: Its Settlements, Farms, and Gold Fields, Том 1 Francis Lancelott Полный просмотр - 1852 |
Australia as it is: Its Settlements, Farms, and Gold Fields, Том 1 Francis Lancelott Полный просмотр - 1852 |
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Стр. 295 - ... permitted to dig, search for, or remove gold on or from any land, whether public or private, without first taking out and paying for a license in the form annexed. 2. For the present, and pending further proof of the extent of the...