Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2Grey, George
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Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2
Grey, George
Natural history -- Australia -- Western Australia; Western Australia -- Discovery and exploration
Onwards go we, onwards, onwards, onwards; the horses drink water;
by-and-bye we see tracks. Onwards, onwards, onwards; we see a large
water; we shoot ducks. On the one side we see two waters, on the other
side one water we see. Onwards, onwards, onwards, onwards, onwards; we
see no other water. Onwards through the forest, onwards through the
forest, onwards through the forest; we see a river. You had here eaten
freshwater mussels: at this river we sleep. Barramba is the place's name.
5th day.
Onwards through the forest, through the forest, through the forest,
through the forest onwards; water we see not. Through the forest onwards;
through the forest onwards; we see a water, but a worthless water. Yours
and Kaiber's footsteps we see. Here there is no grass. You had here shot
a bird--a cockatoo you shot. Maribara was this place's name.
Onwards through the forest, through the forest onwards, through the
forest onwards; we see no other water; the herbage is worthless. We still
go onwards, onwards through the forest. We see natives; a few natives we
see: the men are two, the women one, the children two. We see the place
called Nowergup.
We say, "Where is there water? here the water is bad." The natives say,
"Yonder the water is good, here it is bad: at Boranyup the water is
good."
We go onwards, onwards, onwards: at Boranyup we sleep; rain falls as we
sleep at Boranyup.
6th day.
Onwards through the forest, onwards through the forest, onwards through
the forest some of the others sit down; Auger sits down; Hunt sits down.
Mr. Roe, Mr. Spofforth, and I on horseback, go onwards, onwards, onwards,
onwards, through the forest onwards, through the forest onwards, through
the forest onwards, through the forest onwards. We see the sea; then
onwards, onwards, onwards; along the sea-shore onwards, along the
sea-shore onwards, along the sea-shore onwards. We see the tracks of
white men.
Then we turn back again, away we go back again, back again away; through
the forest away, through the forest away, through the forest away; back
again. We move, move, till we sit at Boranyup; we then eat kangaroo; Hunt
and Auger had brought it in. At Boranyup we lie down: we sleep.
7th day.
The next day away, away, away, away, returning, returning, on our tracks
returning, on our tracks returning, on our tracks returning. At Barramba
we sit down: we eat bread and meat; they eat freshwater mussels; the
natives eat not freshwater mussels.
Away, away, away, away, away; we see the water of Djunjup; we shoot game.
Away, away, away, through a forest away, through a forest away; we see no
water. Through a forest away; along our tracks away, along our tracks
away, along our tracks away, along our tracks away. We sleep at
Ka-jil-up: rain falls; the water here is good: the horses feed, well did
the horses feed.
8th day.
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