Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 eBook

John Lort Stokes
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 507 pages of information about Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2.

Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 eBook

John Lort Stokes
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 507 pages of information about Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2.

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Appendix
Winds and weather on the western and northern coasts of Australia
By commander J.C.  Wickham, R.N.

LIST OF CHARTS.

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Victoria river.

Gulf of carpentaria.

Albert river.

PART OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Port Adelaide and holdfast bay.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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MessrsFitzmaurice and Keys dancing for their lives
L.R.  Fitzmaurice, del. 
London, Published by T. & W. Boone, 1846.

First appearance of sea range.

Head and feet of alligator.

Killing an alligator, Victoria river
G. Gore, del. 
London, Published by T. & W. Boone, 1846.

Wickham heights from tortoise reach.

Captain Stokes speared at point Pearce
C. Martens, del. 
London, Published by T. & W. Boone, 1846.

Gouty-stem tree.

Fruit of gouty-stem tree
Section of fruit, showing the manner in which the seeds are disposed.

Views of Moresby’s range, sea range, and cape Bedford
Moresby’s Range, West Coast, latitude 28 degrees 50 minutes South. 
Sea Range, Victoria River, North-west Coast, latitude 15 degrees 20 minutes South. 
Cape Bedford, North-east Coast, latitude 15 degrees 10 minutes South.

Ancient Dutch gun
Dutch Four-pounder, with moveable chamber.

Native drawings
Lithographic impression of the copies made by Captain Wickham of the native drawings on Depuch Island.  They have already appeared in the Royal
Geographical Journal Volume 12.  The following list will convey to the reader what the drawings are intended to represent.
1.  A goose or duck.
2.  A bird; probably the leipoa.
6.  A beetle.
11.  A fish over a quarter-moon; which has been considered to have some reference to fishing by moonlight.
61.  A native dog.
16.  A native, armed with spear and wommera, or throwing stick, probably relating his adventures, which is usually done by song, and accompanied with great action and flourishing of weapons, particularly when boasting of his prowess.
20.  A duck and a gull.
34.  A corrobory, or native dance.
65.  A crab.
30.  A native in a hut, with portion of the matting with which they cover their habitations.
67.  A kangaroo.
71.  Appears to be a bird of prey, having seized upon a kangaroo-rat.
32.  Shark and pilot-fish.

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