Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales by John Oxley
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pursuits.
A circumstantial account of such articles, if any, as might be advantageously imported into Great Britain. A vocabulary of the language spoken by the natives whom he may meet, using in the compilation of each the same English words. If the people are sufficiently numerous to form tribes, it is important to ascertain their condition, and rules of the society; their genius and disposition; the nature of their amusements; their diseases and remedies, etc.; their objects of worship, religious ceremonies; and the influence of those ceremonies on their moral character and conduct. (Signed) JOHN THOMAS CAMPBELL, Sec. (True copy.) * * * * * No. Ia. LIST OF THE NAMES AND DESIGNATIONS OF THE SEVERAL PERSONS PROCEEDING ON THE EXPEDITION OF DISCOVERY, UNDER THE COMMAND OF JOHN OXLEY, ESQ., SURVEYOR GENERAL OF LANDS. 1 John Oxley, Esq., chief of the expedition. 2 Mr. George William Evans, second in command. 3 Mr. Allan Cunningham, King's botanist. 4 Charles Fraser, colonial botanist. 5 William Parr, mineralogist. |
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