Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland; . BLACK SWAN. CHAPTER I Introductory—Voyage to Australia—Arrival at Adelaide—Description of thecity—Melbourne, the Queen of the South —Working men — The highesttrees in the world—Two of the most common mammals in Australia. On May 24, 1880, I went on board the barque EinarTambarskjelver bound from Snar Island near Christiania toPort Adelaide with a cargo of planed lumber, I carriedwith me a hunters outfit, guns, ammunition, and other articlesnecessary for the chase, furnished me
Among cannibals; an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland; . BLACK SWAN. CHAPTER I Introductory—Voyage to Australia—Arrival at Adelaide—Description of thecity—Melbourne, the Queen of the South —Working men — The highesttrees in the world—Two of the most common mammals in Australia. On May 24, 1880, I went on board the barque EinarTambarskjelver bound from Snar Island near Christiania toPort Adelaide with a cargo of planed lumber, I carriedwith me a hunters outfit, guns, ammunition, and other articlesnecessary for the chase, furnished me by the University ofNorway, as well as some northern bird skins in order toinaugurate exchange with Australian museums. Sailing inthe north-east trade-winds, a sunset in the tropics, or a mildstarlit night on the ocean with a blazing phosphorescent sea,do not fail to make a strong impression. Then passing thepacific belt of the ocean, where a dead calm is suddenlyinterrupted by the most violent storm, you soon reach,by the aid of the south-east trades, the region of thewesterly winds. The Southern
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