Chapter II · Chapter 2

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From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.

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From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

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From this reading Their instructions were to camp at the swamp at the junction of Pluto Creek, seventeen miles from McDonald's station, mentioned on 3rd.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

forsaken by owner or inhabitants

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

the performance of a part or role in a drama

From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.

anew

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

away from the right path or direction

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.

(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

past form of “attack” — launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

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From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.

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From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

providing no shelter or sustenance

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

of or relating to or containing basalt

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

a young woman who is the most charming and beautiful of several rivals

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.

a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

an inferior dark diamond used in industry for drilling and polishing

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a wide shallow inlet of the Arafura Sea in northern Australia

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

plural of “casualty” — someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.

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From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

plural of “doubt” — the state of being unsure of something

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

plural of “down” — soft fine feathers

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

(theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)

From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.

at or to or toward the front

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

set up or found

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

the sound of growling (as made by animals)

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

of comparatively great physical weight or density

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

a change for the better; progress in development

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it

From this reading Their instructions were to camp at the swamp at the junction of Pluto Creek, seventeen miles from McDonald's station, mentioned on 3rd.

a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

the place where two or more things come together

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

plural of “kite” — a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a person who rules or guides or inspires others

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

plural of “level” — a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

most important element

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading Their instructions were to camp at the swamp at the junction of Pluto Creek, seventeen miles from McDonald's station, mentioned on 3rd.

past form of “mention” — make reference to

From this reading Their instructions were to camp at the swamp at the junction of Pluto Creek, seventeen miles from McDonald's station, mentioned on 3rd.

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading Their instructions were to camp at the swamp at the junction of Pluto Creek, seventeen miles from McDonald's station, mentioned on 3rd.

not able to be found

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

plural of “mosquito” — two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

used to form the superlative

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

plural of “move” — the act of deciding to do something

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

plural of “native” — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

plural of “net” — a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

the month following September and preceding November

From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

many times at short intervals

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Their instructions were to camp at the swamp at the junction of Pluto Creek, seventeen miles from McDonald's station, mentioned on 3rd.

a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

something having the property of being analogous to something else

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

operate an airplane

From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.

a cartoon character created by Walt Disney

From this reading Their instructions were to camp at the swamp at the junction of Pluto Creek, seventeen miles from McDonald's station, mentioned on 3rd.

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

spoil as if by poison

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

in a provocative manner

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

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From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

the month following August and preceding October

From this reading September.

being one more than sixteen

From this reading Their instructions were to camp at the swamp at the junction of Pluto Creek, seventeen miles from McDonald's station, mentioned on 3rd.

possessive form of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

plural of “simon” — one of the twelve Apostles (first century)

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

unusual or striking

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.

(especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

From this reading Their instructions were to camp at the swamp at the junction of Pluto Creek, seventeen miles from McDonald's station, mentioned on 3rd.

the first light of day

From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.

drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Their instructions were to camp at the swamp at the junction of Pluto Creek, seventeen miles from McDonald's station, mentioned on 3rd.

the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.

up to a particular time

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

desired or wished for or sought

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Their instructions were to camp at the swamp at the junction of Pluto Creek, seventeen miles from McDonald's station, mentioned on 3rd.

at the time that

From this reading The pack-horses were not got away until half-past 12, two, "Rasper," and the mule (as often provokingly happens when most wanted) being astray, and having to be hunted for.

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading Start from Carpentaria Downs--Order of Travel--Canal Creek-- Cawana Swamp--Simons' Gap--Cowderoy's Bluff--Barney's Nob-- Casualties in Parallel Creek--Basaltic Wall--Singular Fish-- Black Carbonado--Improvement in Country--Search for the Lynd-- Doubts--First rain--Error of Starting point--Large ant-hills-- Ship's iron found--Native nets--Second start in search of Lynd-- Return--Byerley Creek--The whole party moves forward--Belle Creek--Maroon Creek--Cockburn Creek--Short Commons--Camp Burned--The Powder saved--Maramie Creek--The Staaten--First hostility of Natives--Poison--"Marion" abandoned--Conclusion as to River--Heavy rain--First attack of Natives--Horses lost-- Barren Country--Detention--Leader attacked by Natives-- Black-boy attacked--A "growl"--Mosquitoes and flies--Kites-- Cattle missing--Horses found--Leader again attacked--Main party attacked--Return to the River--Character of Staaten--Lagoon Creek--Tea-tree levels--Junction of Maramie Creek--Reach head of tide--Confirmation of opinion.

in the company of; together with

From this reading 'October' 11.--At sunrise the cattle was started with Cowderoy and two black-boys, Eulah and Barney, the former acting as pilot.