 | 1862 - 620 דפים
...forget the cry of amazement that * followed their doing so, or the looks of terror and disappoint' ment with which they called out to inform me that the water ' was so salt as to be unfit to drink.' Further search was now impossible, and a hasty retreat was made to Sydney. It was not quite so certain... | |
 | Ralph Temple (miscellaneous writer.) - 1865 - 486 דפים
...grievously disappointed. With looks almost of horror, they called out to their commander the terrible news that the water was so salt as to be unfit to drink. Still undaunted, they followed the course of the river many miles in advance to the southwest, where... | |
 | Linnean Society of London - 1873 - 906 דפים
...quench their thirst, which a powerful sun had contributed to increase ; nor shall I ever forget Ute cry of amazement that followed their doing so, or...that the water was so salt as to be unfit to drink." Thus was tinriver Darling discovered io 1829. Capt. Sturt had explored 1300 niilcs of unknown country,... | |
 | Linnean Society of London - 1873 - 906 דפים
...quench their thirst, which a powerful sun had contributed to increase ; nor shall I ever forget the ory of amazement that followed their doing so, or the...that the water was so salt as to be unfit to drink." Thus was the river Darling discovered in 1829. Capt. Sturt had explored 1300 miles of unknown country,... | |
 | Ernest Favenc - 1888 - 510 דפים
...increase ; nor shall I ever forget the cry of amazement that followed their doing so, or the looks of terror and disappointment with which they called...This was indeed too true. On tasting it, I found it extremly nauseous, and strongly impregnated with salt, being apparently a mixture of sea and fresh... | |
 | Albert Frederick Calvert - 1895 - 310 דפים
...to increase; nor shall I ever forget the cry of amazement that followed their doing so, or the looks of terror and disappointment with which they called...causes or from a communication with some inland sea, I knew not, but the discovery was certainly a blow for which I was not prepared. Our hopes were annihilated... | |
 | 1919 - 236 דפים
...quench their thirst, which a powerful sun had contributed to increase, nor shall I ever forget the looks of terror and disappointment with which they called...a communication with some inland sea, I know not, but the discovery was certainly a blow for which I was not prepared. Our hopes were annihilated at... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1839 - 776 דפים
...increase ; but I shall ' never forget the cry of amazement that followed their doing so, ' or the looks of terror and disappointment with which they called...that the water was so salt, as to be unfit to ' drink ! The cattle would not drink of the river water, but stood ' covered in it for many hours, having their... | |
 | Royal Society of New South Wales - 1887 - 540 דפים
...their thirst. Nor shall I ever forget the cry of amazement that followed their doing so, or the looks of terror and disappointment with which they called...that the water was so salt as to be unfit to drink. On a closer examination the river appeared to me to be much below its ordinary level, and its current... | |
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Its banks were too precipitous to allow of our watering the cattle, but the men eagerly descended to quench their thirst, which a powerful sun had contributed to increase; nor shall I ever forget the cry of amazement that followed their doing so, or the... 