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 63
... looking place , seemingly more adapted for a dwelling place of wild goats , than for man . The ground was stony , and hilly , and the village seemed to hide itself in a deserted looking stony valley as if to avoid the sight of mankind ...
... looking place , seemingly more adapted for a dwelling place of wild goats , than for man . The ground was stony , and hilly , and the village seemed to hide itself in a deserted looking stony valley as if to avoid the sight of mankind ...
Էջ 97
... looking at their gestures etc. Tarbuka happened to see me , and called me into the house . I went in with indescribable feelings , and walked up to him who sat at the upper end of the house ; as I passed along through the narrow passage ...
... looking at their gestures etc. Tarbuka happened to see me , and called me into the house . I went in with indescribable feelings , and walked up to him who sat at the upper end of the house ; as I passed along through the narrow passage ...
Էջ 123
... looking Spanish dollars . Why one might wear this make - shift rubbish away in one day , by chafing , in ones pockets ! To make a very long story , short , I passed a most unaccountably strange life , as also did several others ...
... looking Spanish dollars . Why one might wear this make - shift rubbish away in one day , by chafing , in ones pockets ! To make a very long story , short , I passed a most unaccountably strange life , as also did several others ...
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