Page:Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia, Volume 2.djvu/171

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18?. large tlre was ?r?iv? ?ose ? ?e nest; it w? J?n? s. no d?bt kin? by ?em, and me?t ? �at' ?ey we? not inattentive ? ?eir p?se. t ?e ?o?ng day ?me natives we? ?m about a mile oF, u?n ?e ?, but did ? ?me near ?e vessel. Mr. Cu?ing?m ?- ?sed u?n ?e summit of Bald Head. Of ?s ex?ion he ?ve me the fo?o?ng a?t :? "Upon re?hing the sinreit of the ridge, ?d ?e?ng a r?y ?ey w?ch in?? ?r t?k, we instantly en? an eleva? v?ey pu? whi? s?d, bo?d? ? eider si& by fo?y. f?t high, that were in ?emselves ?y 'b?, ex?pting on ?e tops, where a th? ing of sh?bs w? ?mark?; ?e whole su? r? a heat s?ely sup?mble, ?d the ? w? so s?t as ?r?ly to ? ?pir?, ?ough we were at a ?nsiderable elevation, ?d in the vicinity of a ?nsmnt current of pure atmo- . spheric dr on the ri?e. ?er travelog ?e wh?e len? of ?is sandy ?ale, whi& is on? ?ird of a mile in extent, in our wute rowans B? He?, wi? ?ly a plant w attr? ?r attention, we ?eiv? at its extremity some markably fine sp?imens of ?ndo? ?bil., which had, in spite of the ?veay and l?ness ? ?e dfiffing s?d, risen to l?e ?pre?ing t?, sixth ?t. ?, of t