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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... gathered about his breast covered with gory blood and his temples cut across with some sharp weapon , so that his eyes were started . * The other poor fellow was not to be found ; we supposed they had carried him away dead or alive ...
... gathered about his breast covered with gory blood and his temples cut across with some sharp weapon , so that his eyes were started . * The other poor fellow was not to be found ; we supposed they had carried him away dead or alive ...
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... Gathered ' from rich , loose soils for their crispness when bent ' the roots were roasted and bruised with a wooden ... gathering place for Maoris and sealers . JB found the chief to be ' bold and active - hospitable to whites ...
... Gathered ' from rich , loose soils for their crispness when bent ' the roots were roasted and bruised with a wooden ... gathering place for Maoris and sealers . JB found the chief to be ' bold and active - hospitable to whites ...
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... gathered several one day thinking to have a fresh mess but my cannibal friends told me they were taboo , and I was to throw them away as they had been gathered from a place where a house had been built . Another time I happened to lay ...
... gathered several one day thinking to have a fresh mess but my cannibal friends told me they were taboo , and I was to throw them away as they had been gathered from a place where a house had been built . Another time I happened to lay ...
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