Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded by the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. &c. During the Years 1846-1850: Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. : to which is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula, כרך 2T. & W. Boone, 1852 V.1, p.48-49; Natives of Moreton Is.; Porpoises used in fishing; Huts, etc.; p.81-83; Natives of Rockingham Bay; Canoes, etc.; Start of Kennedy expedition; p.118-119; Bird Islands - artefacts, canoes; p.120-127; Cape York - difficulty of obtaining vocabulary; Physical characters; Foods; p.145- 159; Port Essington - adornment, bodily ornament, bodily ornamentation, canoes, weapons, food, medicine men, death, burial, mythology, government, age-grading, marriage, music and songs, social sanctions, intertribal warfare, psychology,; missionary efforts; p.162-165; Cape York - Kennedy expedition p.167-168; Moreton Is. - camp life, fishing; p.300-325; Cape York - rescue of Barbara Thompson from Aborigines of Kaurareg tribe; Dancing; Fighting; Tree-climbing; Cooking; v.2, p.1- 32; Cape York - tribes (Gudang, Kaurareg, Muralaig); Papuan influence; Barter, warfare, revenge, cannibalism, marriage, polygamy, birth, food restrictions for women, mother-in-law avoidance, infanticide, naming, scarification, personal adornment, initiation; Canoes, weapons, huts, clothing; Foodgetting and cooking; Methods of fishing; Edible fruits and tubers; Government; Land-ownership; Mythology; Diseases and magic; Death and burial; p.33-49; Torres Straits islands Kulkalaig tribe; Canoes, huts, ceremonial screen, physical description, native names of islands; p.79-84; Theories as to origin of Aborigines; Racial characters of Torres Straits islanders; Linguistic affinities - Kaurareg and Miriam; p.119227; Statement of William Carron on Kennedy expedition; Encounters with friendly natives; Artefacts, weapons, ovens, other cooking methods; Farther north natives uniformly hostile; Princess Charlotte Bay area - huts and cooking places; Weymouth Bay - womens dress, foods, spears; p.228-236; Statement of Jackey Jackey; p.237-253; Statement of Dr. Vallack; p.277-316; Comparative vocabularies of Kowrarega and Gudang; Some 800 words Names of places; p.330-354; Remarks on the vocabularies, syntax, etc.; Similarities between Australian and Papuan dialects. |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Albany anchored anfractus appeared Australian banks beach birds boat Brit Brumer Islands bush camp canoe Cape York Captain coast colour coral covered crossed Darnley Island daylight distance dugong Dunk Island English Escape River fathoms feet high fire fish five flowers four Gi'om Goold Island grass ground Gudang Guinea head Helix hill horses inches Jackey kangaroo dogs Kennedy Kennedy's Kowrarega land language leaves Louisiade Archipelago Macgillivray mangroves Melaleucas miles Moreton Bay morning natives night o'clock pandanus Papuan Parnkalla party peristoma Pfeiffer plant Port Essington proceeded procured pronoun rain Rattlesnake Redscar Bay reefs river rocks roots running sandy scrub seeds seen sheep Shelburne Bay shell shew ship shore shot side small creeks spears species specimens spot stones swamp Torres Strait trees tribe turtle vessel voyage Wales Islands Weymouth Bay words Yagulles
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 222 - Mr. Kennedy, are you going to leave me ?" and he said, " Yes, my boy, I am going to leave you ;" he said, " I am very bad, Jackey ; you take the books, Jackey, to the captain, but not the big ones, the Governor will give anything for them ;" I then tied up the papers : he then said, 11 Jackey, give me paper and I will write...
עמוד 221 - They went away then a little way, and came back again, throwing spears all around more than they did before: very large spears. I pulled out the spear at once from Mr. Kennedy's back, and cut out the jag with Mr. Kennedy's knife: then Mr. Kennedy got his gun and snapped, but the gun would not go off. The blacks sneaked all along by the trees, and speared Mr. Kennedy again in the right leg above the knee a little, and I got speared over the eye, and the blacks were now throwing their spears all ways,...
עמוד 222 - Don't look far away,' as I thought he would be frightened. I asked him often, ' Are you well now ? ' and he said, ' I don't care for the spear- wound in my leg, Jacky ; but for the other two spear- wounds in my side and back,' and said,
עמוד 4 - ... g parties wit the severest punishment. Occasionally there are instances of strong mutual attachment and courtship, when, if the damsel is not betrothed, a small present made to the father is sufficient to procure his consent ; at the Prince of Wales Islands a knife or glass bottle are considered as a sufficient price for the hand of a " lady fair," and are the articles mostly used for that purpose.
עמוד 221 - Now we went into a little bit of a scrub, and I told Mr. Kennedy to look behind always. Sometimes he would do so, and sometimes he would not look behind to look out for the blacks. Then a good many black fellows came behind in the scrub, and threw plenty of spears, and hit Mr. Kennedy in the back first. Mr. Kennedy said to me, ' Oh, Jacky, Jacky, shoot 'em ! shoot 'em !' Then I pulled out my gun, and hit one fellow over the face with buck-shot.
עמוד 222 - I now told Mr. Kennedy to sit down, while I looked after the saddle-bags, which I did ; and when I came back again, I saw blacks along with Mr. Kennedy ; I then asked him if he saw the blacks with him, he was stupid with the spear wounds, and said " No ;" then I asked where was his watch ? I saw the blacks taking away watch and hat as I was returning to Mr.
עמוד 218 - Kennedy and me went on with the four horses, two pack horses, and two saddle horses; one horse got bogged in a swamp. We tried to get him out all day, but could not; we left him there, and camped at another creek. The next day Mr Kennedy and I went on again, and passed up a ridge very scrubby, and had to turn back again, and went along gullies to get clear of the creek and scrub.
עמוד 17 - A live sucking fish (Echeneis Remora), having previously been secured by a line passed round the tail, is thrown into the water in certain places known to be suitable for the purpose ; the fish while swimming about makes fast by its sucker to any turtle of this small kind which it may chance to encounter, and both are hauled in together...
עמוד 224 - I came to a very large river, and a large lagoon ; plenty of alligators in the lagoon, about tenj miles from Port Albany. I now got into the ridges by sundown, and went up a tree and saw Albany Island ; then next morning at four o'clock, I went on as hard as I could go, all the way down, over fine clear ground, fine iron bark timber, and plenty of good grass. I went on round the point...
עמוד 4 - ... the future husband may be and often is an old man with several wives. When the man thinks proper he takes his wife to live with him without any further ceremony, but before this she has probably had promiscuous intercourse with the young men, such, if conducted with a moderate degree of secrecy, not being considered as an offence, although if continued after marriage it would be visited by the husband (if powerful enough) upon both the offendiu g parties wit the severest punishment.