Recollections of Bush Life in Australia: During a Residence of Eight Years in the InteriorJ. Murray, 1861 - 162 páginas |
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... forest , where the axe alone could clear away a spot for the destined abode of the white man . It was with great satisfaction , therefore , that , some six months subsequently to these speculations , I found myself on the point of ...
... forest , where the axe alone could clear away a spot for the destined abode of the white man . It was with great satisfaction , therefore , that , some six months subsequently to these speculations , I found myself on the point of ...
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... traveller would be apt to form a very unfavourable opinion of Australian scenery . Shortly after leaving the capital he plunges into a vast mass of forest , through which the route is very 6 [ CHAP . I. BUSH LIFE IN AUSTRALIA .
... traveller would be apt to form a very unfavourable opinion of Australian scenery . Shortly after leaving the capital he plunges into a vast mass of forest , through which the route is very 6 [ CHAP . I. BUSH LIFE IN AUSTRALIA .
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... forest tribes ) , present little or no variety , either in trunk or foliage , except where the bark , hanging in tattered festoons from the branches , reminds him that he is in the land of contrarieties ; the sun shines with a ceaseless ...
... forest tribes ) , present little or no variety , either in trunk or foliage , except where the bark , hanging in tattered festoons from the branches , reminds him that he is in the land of contrarieties ; the sun shines with a ceaseless ...
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... forest opens , and discovers the " running fence " of a paddock , leading to a wayside inn , at the erection of which Nature seems to have lent her aid ; and , as if to spare the labours of the axe , to have purposely created a gap just ...
... forest opens , and discovers the " running fence " of a paddock , leading to a wayside inn , at the erection of which Nature seems to have lent her aid ; and , as if to spare the labours of the axe , to have purposely created a gap just ...
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... forest upon a fine plain , verdant and well watered . He at once saw that it would suit his purpose , pro- vided that he could get the sole possession of it , but that it would be over - stocked if divided . In a case of this sort , I ...
... forest upon a fine plain , verdant and well watered . He at once saw that it would suit his purpose , pro- vided that he could get the sole possession of it , but that it would be over - stocked if divided . In a case of this sort , I ...
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