Australia as it is: Its Settlements, Farms, and Gold Fields, Том 1Colburn, 1852 - Всего страниц: 317 |
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... animal kingdoms ; and which by its geographical situation , salubrity of climate and fertility of soil , opens a land of promise to millions of the Anglo - Saxon race , is of com- paratively recent discovery ; and for the most part , as ...
... animal kingdoms ; and which by its geographical situation , salubrity of climate and fertility of soil , opens a land of promise to millions of the Anglo - Saxon race , is of com- paratively recent discovery ; and for the most part , as ...
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... animals are disproportion- ately large in their lower extremities , and carry their young in a pouch ; the plumage of the birds is beautiful , their notes are harsh and strange ; the swans are black ; the eagles are white ; the moles ...
... animals are disproportion- ately large in their lower extremities , and carry their young in a pouch ; the plumage of the birds is beautiful , their notes are harsh and strange ; the swans are black ; the eagles are white ; the moles ...
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... animals . One of the dancers com- monly acts as clown , and excites mirth by his antics ; and the precision with which the dancers all move together , the lurid glare of the fires , the pleasing rhythm of the song , and the quick ...
... animals . One of the dancers com- monly acts as clown , and excites mirth by his antics ; and the precision with which the dancers all move together , the lurid glare of the fires , the pleasing rhythm of the song , and the quick ...
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... animals that have died a natural death , whether cat , dog , old horse , or bullock , are all eaten with avidity . Should a rotten old hack die , they will crowd to the spot , strip off the skin , and voraciously devour putrid lumps ...
... animals that have died a natural death , whether cat , dog , old horse , or bullock , are all eaten with avidity . Should a rotten old hack die , they will crowd to the spot , strip off the skin , and voraciously devour putrid lumps ...
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... animals , remarkable for the manner in which they bring forth and nurture their young . A few days after conception , the young animal is pro- duced in a state incapable of motion , and barely exhibiting the rudiments of limbs , when ...
... animals , remarkable for the manner in which they bring forth and nurture their young . A few days after conception , the young animal is pro- duced in a state incapable of motion , and barely exhibiting the rudiments of limbs , when ...
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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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aborigines abundant acres Adelaide agricultural Australian colonies Author Baroness d'Oberkirch Bathurst beautiful bound Britain bushels Captain cattle climate CO.'S NEW PUBLICATIONS coast COLBURN AND CO.'S colonists colour commence crop Crown lands cultivated Darling Downs deep discovery district dividing range Eminences farmers farms feet fertile flavour fruit gold Government grain grapes grass ground grow Hargraves hot winds Hunter river inches interesting kangaroo labour license loam LORD ROBERT MONTAGU Macquarie Macquarie river manure Marie de Medicis miles from Sydney moist Moreton Bay Mount mountain native northern numerous persons plains plant ploughed Population post 8vo produce province pruning range RAVENSCLIFFE reaped rich river rows Sam Slick season seeds settlers sheep shoots snake soil South Australia South Wales sowing sown spot succeeds Summer Hill Summer Hill Creek Sydney tion town trees trench Turon valuable varieties vegetation vine vineyard wheat wild wine wood
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