 King start to-morrow up the creek, to look for the blacks—it is the only chance we have of being saved from starvation. I am weaker than ever although I have a good appetite, and relish the nardoo much, but it seems to give us no nutriment, and the...  Heroes of Britain in peace and war - Seite 135von Edwin Hodder - 1878Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1862 - 482 Seiten
...blacks, it is the only chance we have of being saved from starvation. I am weaker than ever (sic.), although I have a good appetite and relish the nardoo...as not to be got at. Even if we got a good supply offish I doubt whether we could do much work on them and the nardoo alone. Nothing now but the greatest... | |
 | 1864 - 672 Seiten
...dated the 29th of June, 1861, when the brave fellow was dying by inches, of cold and starvation. " I am weaker than ever, although I have a good appetite...nardoo** much ; but it seems to give us no nutriment. . . . Nothing now but the greatest luck can save any of us; and as for myself, I may live * The Sorrows... | |
 | Ralph Temple (miscellaneous writer.) - 1865 - 486 Seiten
...succumb. Even the last words found in his diary evidence his cheerful spirit. " I am weaker," he writes, " than ever, although I have a good appetite, and relish...birds here are so shy as not to be got at. Even if wo got a good supply of fish, I doubt whether we could do much work on them, and on them alone. Nothing... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 370 Seiten
...up the creek to look for the blacks ; it is the only chance we have of being saved from starvation. I am weaker than ever, although I have a good appetite...got a good supply of fish, I doubt whether we could 330 A'. CfllARA BURKE AND WJ WILLS. do much work on them and the nardoo alone. Nothing now but the... | |
 | 1876 - 740 Seiten
...up the creek to look for the blacks ; it is the only chance we have of being saved from starvation. I am weaker than ever, although I have a good appetite...but it seems to give us no nutriment, and the birds are so shy as not to be got at. Even if we got a good supply of fish, I doubt whether we could do much... | |
 | 1876 - 732 Seiten
...the only chaace j \ve have of being saved from starvation. I am weaker than ever, although I havti good appetite and relish the nardoo much ; but it seems to give us no nutriment, 1 and the birds are so shy as not to be got at. Even if we got a good supply of 6sh, I doubt whether... | |
 | Albert Frederick Calvert - 1896 - 428 Seiten
...The eye of Heaven alone was upon him when he breathed his last. I quote from his note-book : — " I am weaker than ever, although I have a good appetite,...at. Even if we got a good supply of fish, I doubt if we could do much work on them, and on them alone. Nothing now but the greatest good luck can save... | |
 | Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean - 1911 - 408 Seiten
...up the creek to look for the blacks; it is the only chance we have of being saved from starvation. I am weaker than ever, although I have a good appetite...and the birds here are so shy as not to be got at. ... Nothing now but the greatest good luck can save any of us; and as for myself I may live four or... | |
 | Tim Fridtjof Flannery - 2000 - 404 Seiten
...up the creek to look for the blacks; it is the only chance we have of being saved from starvation. I am weaker than ever, although I have a good appetite...as not to be got at. Even if we got a good supply offish, I doubt whether we could do much work on them and the nardoo alone. Nothing now but the greatest... | |
 | Helen Whybrow - 2003 - 588 Seiten
...up the creek, to look for the blacks—it is the only chance we have of being saved from starvation. I am weaker than ever although I have a good appetite,...alone. Nothing now but the greatest good luck can now save any of us; and as for myself, I may live four or five days if the weather continues warm.... | |
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