Australia as it is: Its Settlements, Farms, and Gold Fields, Том 1Colburn, 1852 - Всего страниц: 317 |
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... rugs , produce an effect wild indeed , but pleasing and harmonious . In diet the taste of the aborigines is not epicurean ; opossums , kangaroos , emus , or other birds , reptiles , maggots , beetles , ants , AS IT IS . 25.
... rugs , produce an effect wild indeed , but pleasing and harmonious . In diet the taste of the aborigines is not epicurean ; opossums , kangaroos , emus , or other birds , reptiles , maggots , beetles , ants , AS IT IS . 25.
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... wilds . The women seldom let a half - caste child live ; and when interrogated on the subject , they say : " Knock him piccaniny on head , him piccaniny plenty no good ! " The idea generally entertained among civilized nations that all ...
... wilds . The women seldom let a half - caste child live ; and when interrogated on the subject , they say : " Knock him piccaniny on head , him piccaniny plenty no good ! " The idea generally entertained among civilized nations that all ...
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... wild life of their parents . The aborigines of the Australian colonies are now so thoroughly overawed by the settlers , that they rarely commit any depredations upon them , beyond the abstraction of a little flour or sugar from an ...
... wild life of their parents . The aborigines of the Australian colonies are now so thoroughly overawed by the settlers , that they rarely commit any depredations upon them , beyond the abstraction of a little flour or sugar from an ...
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... wild . The flesh is coarse , but eatable ; the eggs are of a deep green colour , and rather larger than those of the swan . The black swan is a noble bird , producing the most beautiful white swans down . The whole of its plumage is of ...
... wild . The flesh is coarse , but eatable ; the eggs are of a deep green colour , and rather larger than those of the swan . The black swan is a noble bird , producing the most beautiful white swans down . The whole of its plumage is of ...
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... wild turkeys or bustards , fine birds , weighing 16lbs . or 18lbs each ; native partridges or quails ; native pheasants ; snipes , as large as woodcocks ; water hens , as small as black - birds ; crows , like those of England , but with ...
... wild turkeys or bustards , fine birds , weighing 16lbs . or 18lbs each ; native partridges or quails ; native pheasants ; snipes , as large as woodcocks ; water hens , as small as black - birds ; crows , like those of England , but with ...
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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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