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TABLE OF CONTENTS AUSTRALIAN SEARCH PARTY HOW WE EXPLORED GOULD AND GARDEN ISLANDS. It was about seven o'clock in the morning when we... [Illustration -- BAY ON HINCHINBROOK ISLAND, WITH NATIVES.] [Illustration -- SATIN BOWER-BIRDS] "Come along, old fellow!" we shouted; "it's not up to... It was now about three o'clock in the afternoon, and... "Bird been make it that fellow; plenty d--d thief that... I find that I have been using the pronoun 'he'... Once, in my indignation at finding my palings broken down,... A curious and indescribable wailing cry is heard in the... But I must now say something of the party itself,... AN AUSTRALIAN SEARCH PARTY -- II. BETWEEN one and two o'clock, the report of a little... We had arranged our plans for the morrow in the... "The 'Daylight' is quite big enough to carry them all,... Thus we scrambled along for another hour, at the expiration... Luckily for us, the belt of scrub was not of... "Plenty d--d fooly fellow, white fellow" -- a string of... Lizzie proceeded with the greatest gravity, and evidently with an... "No, thought it must be one day ago, and plenty... A pint pot of tea swallowed -- what a blessing... "Now," thought I, "if I can only cut you off... My companions had shot plenty of pigeons, after roasting which... To make a spear must be a work of many... In one of the camps we found a blanket --... The whole island seemed to teem with game, and had... AN AUSTRALIAN SEARCH PARTY -- III. A FULL-GROWN "paddy melon," a small and beautiful species of... The birds that we encountered were of every form and... "One fellow snake been bit 'em Cato; plenty that fellow... When I first went to Cardwell, I was talking about... "It's no use," said Dunmore. "I know these fellows better... But drowsiness was fast closing the eyes of poor Cato,... "Her blue-veined feet unsandall'd were." At daylight we were lucky enough to find a tree... AN AUSTRALIAN SEARCH PARTY -- IV. OUR next day was a repetition of the last; camps... Our greeting was most cordial, and we were soon all... Abiram's question was one of those lucky inspirations that sometimes... "Close up now," said Lizzie, "water sit down along of... After delivering her speech, Lizzie withdrew to us, and we... Ferdinand's shot and Lizzie's eloquence had, however, rid us of... AN AUSTRALIAN SEARCH PARTY -- V. The Macalister River was at this time most imperfectly known;... But I will not occupy the reader with all these... "Big fellow canoe been sit down here," he said, on... Further search brought to light several more round-shot, but in... Before daylight we had finished breakfast, and by the time... The sea-slug is found buried amidst the triturated sand, worn... AN AUSTRALIAN SEARCH PARTY -- VI. WE now pulled for the mouth of the Macalister River,... We camped that night where darkness overtook us, close to... Another of the torments to which the traveller is subjected... We approached it as cautiously as possible, taking advantage of... We pursued our way up the Mackay River in hopes... We now turned our attention to getting sufficient provisions cooked... As there was nothing very particular to do that afternoon,... After half an hour or so, seeing that no harm... This beautiful bird inhabits the open country throughout Australia, where... Out sable allies were gratified beyond measure when we presented... Our damper was now at an end, and we had... A meeting was held the next day, at which it... <<<BACK | Table of Contents | NEXT >>>

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