Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 1.djvu/318

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?/?�SURVEY O!? ?H? INTERTROPICAL ?s?9. ?e fo?ow? mo?, ? s?n ? ?e ebb by Messrs. B?w? ?d ?i?, ?d pr? c? up ?e ?ver. ?e b?s' on ei? si? were, for ? or tw?vo m{[es, ? ?y ? ?- W de? ?t ?s ofl?ng; above ?s tr? were less ab?t, ?d ?e ? were ?i?dly ?ear ?om ?y W two hundr? ? ' in extent; however. ?e view ? ebbed ?d imp?ss us wi? ?y fiaRe?g id? of ?e co? at ?e b?. ? passing ?e ?nd o? b?, we o&e? a c? ha? up ? ?e ?o?, ?d at a ?tde ?smn? f?er we saw ?er; �?e were ?e fi?t ?di?om we ? obse? ? ?e presence of ?tives, ex? ?e l?e b?ks. At ?e next ?n ? on ?e ?m side, we put ?hore W give ?e ?at,s ?ew an op?? of get?ng ?eir ?er, ?d, ? we l?, I dis- ?g? my fow?ng-pi? at some bi?s; u?n ?n? the b?k, we fo?d ?at the r? of �e g? had darned four na?ves, two of wh? were f?des ? c?d?n on ?eh b?; ?ey were ?e?ng ?n h? towns a smoke, ?e fire of wM& w? ?n?d? ? us by h?h ?: as s?n as ?ey r? ?e ?e, ?oy sWp?