 The land is of a dry sandy soil, destitute of water, except you make wells; yet producing divers sorts of trees, but the woods are not thick, nor the trees very big. Most of the trees that we saw are dragon-trees as we supposed, and these too are the...  Special Consular Reports - Page 6by United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce - 1893Full view - About this book
 | William Dampier - Buccaneers - 1699 - 592 pages
...Land is of a dry fandy Soil , deftitute of Water, except you make Wells ; yet producing divers forts of Trees, ; but the Woods are not thick, nor the Trees very big. Molt of the Trees that we faw are Dragon-trees as we fuppofed ; and thefe too are the largeft Trees... | |
 | William Dampier - Australia - 1703 - 774 pages
...Land is of a dry fandy Soil, deflitute of Water, except you make Wells ; yet producing divers forts of Trees •, but the Woods are not thick, nor the Trees very big. Moft of the Trees that we faw are Dragon-trees, as we fuppoftd ; and the(e too • are the largelt... | |
 | John Pinkerton - Discoveries in geography - 1812 - 1030 pages
...land is of a dry fandy foil, deftitute of water, except you make wells, yet producing divers forts of trees ; but the woods are not thick, nor the trees very big. Moft of the trees that we faw are dragon-trees as we fuppofed ; and thefe too are the largeft trees... | |
 | Hakluyt Society - Australia - 1859 - 372 pages
...against the sea, only the points are rocky, and so are some of the islands in this bay. The land is of a dry sandy soil, destitute of water, except you make...but the woods are not thick, nor the trees very big. Most of the trees that we saw are dragon-trees as we supposed ; and these, too, are the largest trees... | |
 | Richard Henry Major - Australia - 1859 - 356 pages
...aboard ; and it was of the same colour and taste. The other sorts of trees were not known by any of us. There was pretty long grass growing under the trees, but it was very thin. We saw no trees that bore fruit or berries. We saw no sort of animals, nor any track of beast, but... | |
 | Samuel Bennett - Australia - 1865 - 710 pages
...against the sea, only the points are rocky, and so are 'some of the islands in this bay. " The land is of a dry sandy soil, destitute of water, except you make...trees ; but the woods are not thick, nor the trees verv big. Most of the trees that we saw are dragon-trees as we supposed ; and these too are the largest... | |
 | David Laing Purves - Discoveries in geography - 1874 - 856 pages
...against the sea ; only the points are rocky, and so are some of tne islands in this bay. The land is of a dry sandy soil, destitute of water, except you make...but the woods are not thick, nor the trees very big. Most of the trees that we saw are dragon trees, as we supposed ; and these two are the largest trees... | |
 | Charles Henry Eden - Australia - 1877 - 332 pages
...unless you make wells (I omit the capitals with which the old mariner commences each substantive) ; yet producing divers sorts of trees ; but the woods are not thick, nor the trees very big. "We saw no sort of animal, nor any track of beast, but once ; and that seemed to be the tread of a... | |
 | Esquire Thomas Richards - New South Wales - 1883 - 814 pages
...against the sea, only the points are rocky, and so are some of the islands in this bay. The land is of a dry sandy soil, destitute of water, except you make...wells, yet producing divers sorts of trees ; but the Avoods are not thick nor the trees very big. Most of the trees that we saw arc dragon-trees as we supposed... | |
 | Elizabeth Lee - 1901 - 302 pages
...against the sea ; only the points are rocky, and so are some of the islands in this bay. The land is of a dry, sandy soil, destitute of water, except you...grass growing under the trees, but it was very thin. We saw no trees that bore fruit or berries . . . The inhabitants of this country are the miserablest... | |
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