 | John McDouall Stuart - Australia - 1864 - 592 pages
...flats of black alluvial soil. The timber much smaller and more like scrub, showing that we are nearing the sea. At eight miles and a half came upon a broad...quarter of a mile wide, is growing a line of thick heavy bushes, very dense, showiog that to be the boundary of the beach. Crossed the valley, and entered... | |
 | William Harcus - Natural resources - 1876 - 598 pages
...wished to give them a surprise on reaching it. ... At eight and a half miles came up in a broad I 2 valley of black alluvial soil, covered with long grass ; from this I can hear the wash of the sea. . . . Stopped the horses to clear the way whilst I advanced a few yards on to the beach, and was delighted... | |
 | William Harcus - South Australia - 1876 - 620 pages
...wished to give them a surprise on reaching it. ... At eight and a half miles came up in a broad I 2 valley of black alluvial soil, covered with long grass ; from this I can hear the wash of the sea. . . . Stopped the horses to clear the way whilst I advanced a few yards on to the beach, and was delighted... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch - Australia - 1886 - 1090 pages
...but eight miles from the sea coast, and, to avoid the marsh, he struck due north. At 8J miles they came upon a broad valley of black alluvial soil, covered with long grass. A line of dense bushes was before them, at which the horses were stopped to clear the way. Advancing... | |
 | Edwin Hodder - South Australia - 1893 - 412 pages
...approach to the sea may best be told in Stuart's own words. " At eight and a half miles came up to a broad valley of black alluvial soil, covered with...quarter of a mile wide, is growing a line of thick heavy bushes, very dense, showing that to be the boundary of the beach. Crossed the valley and entered... | |
 | Edwin Hodder - South Australia - 1893 - 420 pages
...approach to the sea may best be told in Stuart's own words. " At eight and a half miles came up to a broad valley of black alluvial soil, covered with...than a quarter of a mile wide, is growing a line of tkick heavy bushes, very dense, showing that to be the boundary of the beach. Crossed the valley and... | |
 | History - 1919 - 236 pages
...flats of black alluvial soil. The timber much smaller and more like scrub, showing that we are nearing the sea. At eight miles and a half came upon a broad...quarter of a mile wide, is growing a line of thick heavy bushes, very dense, showing that to be the boundary of the beach. Crossed the valley and entered... | |
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At eight miles and a half came upon a broad valley of black alluvial soil, covered with long grass; from this I can hear the wash of the sea. On the other side of the valley, which is rather more than a quarter of a mile wide, is growing a line of thick... 