Journal of a Rambler: The Journal of John BoultbeeOxford University Press, 1986 - 225 էջ Story of John Boultbee's travels in the early nineteenth century. Includes observations of Aboriginal people during experiences at Hobart Town, Port Jackson and Swan River. |
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Էջ 24
... fire , and put a bird on a wooden spit to roast for my supper , but wearied out I fell asleep alongside of a large blazing fire , on waking , I found the whole island in a blaze , and the wind driving the flames along with great ...
... fire , and put a bird on a wooden spit to roast for my supper , but wearied out I fell asleep alongside of a large blazing fire , on waking , I found the whole island in a blaze , and the wind driving the flames along with great ...
Էջ 88
... fire that is inside of a house is taboo ; and you are not allowed to take fire from out of a house to cook with outside , nor yet to take a fire from one house to another . You must either make a fire by rubbing 2 pieces of dry wood ...
... fire that is inside of a house is taboo ; and you are not allowed to take fire from out of a house to cook with outside , nor yet to take a fire from one house to another . You must either make a fire by rubbing 2 pieces of dry wood ...
Էջ 149
... fire in Macassar Straits , in the day time thro ' the carelessness of the mate who was broaching a pipe of brandy in some dark corner in the ship , the light was held so near that the spirit caught fire , and with great exertion they ...
... fire in Macassar Straits , in the day time thro ' the carelessness of the mate who was broaching a pipe of brandy in some dark corner in the ship , the light was held so near that the spirit caught fire , and with great exertion they ...
Common terms and phrases
aboriginal amongst anchored arrived Barbados Bass Strait beach Beattie birds boat boatsteerer Boultbee's brig brother canoes Captain Ceylon chief coast Colombo colony Cove crew Diemen's Land Dusky Bay Dutch English European feet fellow fire fish flax Foveaux Strait Fremantle friends ground Harbour hauled head Hobart Town JB's John Boultbee Journal Kent killed living Lond Malay Manila Maori miles Monado months Murihiku muskets muttonbird Narrative natives night Open Bay Otago Pahee party passage Phillip Island Port Jackson Port Macquarie potatoes Preservation Island proas Rambler records returned rocks Ruabuka Ruapuke Ruapuke Island sailed schooner sealers sealing settlement settlers ship shore Shortland Singapore skins Skipper South Wales Southern Stewart Island Swan River Sydney Tarbuka Ternate Thomas Timor told took trees Tuhawaiki Van Diemen's Land vessel voyage walked Western Australia Whakataupuka whale wind women Zealand