The Journal of Gregory Blaxland 1813 |
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Author:
| Blaxland, Gregory |
ISBN: | 978-1-4192-6796-3 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2004 |
Publisher: | Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $1.99 |
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NOTE: THIS IS a DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK. on Wednesday, the 19th, the party moved forward along this path; bearing chiefly west, and west-south-east. They now began to ascend the second ridge [Note 18] of the mountains, and from this elevation they obtained for the first time an extensive view of the settlements below. Mount Banks bore north-west; Grose Head, north-east; Prospect Hill, east by south; the Seven Hills, east-north-east; Windsor, northeast by east. At a little distance from the...
More DescriptionNOTE: THIS IS a DOWNLOADABLE E-BOOK. on Wednesday, the 19th, the party moved forward along this path; bearing chiefly west, and west-south-east. They now began to ascend the second ridge [Note 18] of the mountains, and from this elevation they obtained for the first time an extensive view of the settlements below. Mount Banks bore north-west; Grose Head, north-east; Prospect Hill, east by south; the Seven Hills, east-north-east; Windsor, northeast by east. At a little distance from the spot at which they began the ascent, they found a pyramidical heap of stones [Note 19], the work, evidently, of some European, one side of which the natives had opened, probably in the expectation of finding some treasure deposited in it.