. Narrative of the voyage of Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley during the years 1846-50 : to which is added Mr. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the Cape York Peninsula . Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court, 1818-1848; Stanley, Owen; Rattlesnake (Ship); Natural history. VILLAGE OF TASSAI. 261. same time, as if in honour of our arrival. Each of us joined in the merriment as he came up, and in a short time the whole of Tassai was in an uproar. Among the natives every one seemed pleased, bustling about, watching our motions, examining our dress, and laughing
. Narrative of the voyage of Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley during the years 1846-50 : to which is added Mr. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the Cape York Peninsula . Kennedy, Edmund Besley Court, 1818-1848; Stanley, Owen; Rattlesnake (Ship); Natural history. VILLAGE OF TASSAI. 261. same time, as if in honour of our arrival. Each of us joined in the merriment as he came up, and in a short time the whole of Tassai was in an uproar. Among the natives every one seemed pleased, bustling about, watching our motions, examining our dress, and laughing and shouting immoderately as each new object was presented to his view. Meanwhile I wandered about the village, accom- panied by some women and children, picking up at the same time materials for my vocabulary. One old dame broug-ht me a cocoa-nut shell full of water which I returned after drinking some, but she pressed me in a very motherly way to put it into my bag, having doubtless imagined from our inquiries after water, that even a Httle constituted a valuable present. We had seen neither stream nor well upon the island, and besides, it is probable that the great abundance of cocoa-nuts enables them to subsist with very little water. We dis- tributed among them some iron-hoop, knives, Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original MacGillivray, John, 1822-1867; Busk, George, 1807-1886; Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon), 1812-1888; Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854; White, Adam, 1817-1879. London : T. & W. Boone
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