 | 1839 - 366 páginas
...THE INTERIOR was very extraordinary; for nothing in all the complicated adaptations we carried wiffi us either surprised or puzzled them. They are never...bullocks, although they had never before seen such auimals, nor white men, carts, weapons, dress, or any thing else we had. All were quite new to them,... | |
 | William Pridden - 1843 - 406 páginas
..." They are never awkward," says Major Mitchell, who was well qualified to speak from experience ; " on the contrary, in manners, and general intelligence,...renders them, in general, very agreeable companions." We may, therefore, if our inquiry be accompanied by humility and justice, be able to form a fair and... | |
 | 1854 - 518 páginas
...of those in the interior was very extraordinary, for nothing, in all the complicated adaptations Ve carried with us, either surprised or puzzled them....renders them in general very agreeable companions." (Vol. II. p. 334.) As to their temper, however, Mr. Mitchell considered it bad. He said that no kindness... | |
 | 1854 - 682 páginas
...affords no just criterion of their merits. The quickness of apprehension of those in the interior was very extraordinary, for nothing, in all the complicated...renders them in general very agreeable companions." (Vol. II. p. 334.) As to their temper, however, Mr. Mitchell considered it bad. He said that no kindness... | |
 | Charles Staniland Wake - 1878 - 528 páginas
...relation to them — " The quickness of apprehension of those in the interior was very remarkable, for nothing in all the complicated adaptations we...language, and renders them in general very agreeable companions."8 Much the same testimony is borne by other travellers as to the intellectual characters... | |
 | 1878 - 572 páginas
...with us either surprised or puzzled them. They are never awkward ; on the contrary, in manners and intelligence, they appear superior to any class of...renders them, in general, very agreeable companions." At Fort Bourke, a strange black who saw Mr. Larmer (one of Major Mitchell's party) fishing, gave him... | |
 | Robert Brough Smyth - 1878 - 572 páginas
...with us either surprised or puzzled them. They are never awkward ; on the contrary, in manners and intelligence, they appear superior to any class of...renders them, in general, very agreeable companions." At Fort Bourke, a strange black who saw Mr. Larmer (one of Major Mitchell's party) fishing, gave him... | |
 | George Burnett Barton - 1889 - 752 páginas
...affords no just criterion of their merits. The quickness of apprehension of those in the interior is very extraordinary, for nothing in all the complicated...renders them, in general, very agreeable companions. " — Three Expeditions, 1838, vol. ii, p. 334. 1788-92 Eyre, the explorer, although no one had more... | |
 | Thomas Worsnop - 1897 - 366 páginas
...most favorable terms of the aborigines. The quickness of apprehension of those in the interior is very extraordinary, and their shrewdness shines even through the medium of imperfect language, rendering them in general very agreeable companions. As a rule they are highly intelligent, with a... | |
 | Thomas Worsnop - 1897 - 372 páginas
...most favorable terms of the aborigines. The quickness of apprehension of those in the interior is very extraordinary, and their shrewdness shines even through the medium of imperfect language, rendering them in general very agreeable companions. As a rule they are highly intelligent, with a... | |
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They are never awkward ; on the contrary, in manners and general intelligence, they appear superior to any class of white rustics that I have seen. Their powers of mimicry seem extraordinary, and their shrewdness shines even through the medium of imperfect... 
