Chapter V · Chapter 5

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From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

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From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

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

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

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

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

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

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

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From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

forsaken by owner or inhabitants

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

(sentence connectors) because of the reason given

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

anew

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

accomplishment of an objective

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

cases used to carry belongings when traveling

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

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From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

plural of “canoe” — small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

From this reading This led them to the conclusion that it was a western water, and not as they had hitherto supposed, the Escape River.

a state at a particular time

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

travel across or pass over

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

traveling across

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

delicately beautiful

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

plural of “drum” — a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

British poet (born in the United States) who won the Nobel prize for literature; his plays are outstanding examples of modern verse drama (1888-1965)

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

past form of “encamp” — live in or as if in a tent

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

the act of escaping physically

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

covered with water

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

at or to or toward the front

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

set up or found

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

characteristic of or befitting a friend

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

the main good female character in a work of fiction

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

From this reading This led them to the conclusion that it was a western water, and not as they had hitherto supposed, the Escape River.

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

an extemporaneous speech or remark

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

in place of, or as an alternative to

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

-ing form of “intend” — have in mind as a purpose

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

plural of “lb” — 16 ounces avoirdupois

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

the act of departing

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used

From this reading This led them to the conclusion that it was a western water, and not as they had hitherto supposed, the Escape River.

a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

most important element

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

the food served and eaten at one time

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

come together

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

a formally arranged gathering

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

a form of address for a man

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

a port city in northeastern England on the River Tyne; a center for coal exports (giving rise to the expression “carry coals to Newcastle” meaning to do something unnecessary)

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

to, toward, or in the northwest

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading This led them to the conclusion that it was a western water, and not as they had hitherto supposed, the Escape River.

a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

the time that has elapsed

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

plural of “pilot” — someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

plural of “prospect” — the possibility of future success

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel)

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

plural of “saddle” — a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

required or under orders

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading This led them to the conclusion that it was a western water, and not as they had hitherto supposed, the Escape River.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading 'January' 30.--This morning, Mr. F. Jardine with his Brother and the Blackboy, Eulah, started to find the Settlement, leaving the rest of the party encamped with the cattle, in charge of Mr. Scrutton.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

-ing form of “trend” — turn sharply; change direction abruptly

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

(usually followed by “to”) not having the necessary means or skill or know-how

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

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

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading This led them to the conclusion that it was a western water, and not as they had hitherto supposed, the Escape River.

possessive form of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading They took with them a week's ration of 25 lbs. of flour, and 12 lbs. meat (tea and sugar had long been things of the past), intending to follow the supposed river down to the head of the tide.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading It was accordingly followed for about 21 miles, but to their astonishment, instead of trending N.N.E., its general course was found to be North-west 1/2 West.

relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts

From this reading This led them to the conclusion that it was a western water, and not as they had hitherto supposed, the Escape River.

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

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

in the company of; together with

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.

of very poor quality or condition

From this reading First Start in Search of Settlement--Character of the Jardine-- The Eliot--Return to Main Camp--Flooded State of River-- Impromptu Raft--Crossing Horses--Uncertainty--Second Start in Search of Settlement--View of the Ocean--Reach South Shore of Newcastle Bay--Reach Mouth of True Escape--Unable to Cross--A Dainty Meal--Character of the Escape--Return to Main Camp-- Horses Knocked-up--Another Horse Dead--Flour Exhausted-- Wretched Condition of Horses--More Baggage Abandoned--Prospects --The Whole Party Again Move Forward--Another Horse Abandoned-- Reach Head of Tide View of the Gulf--Barne Island--Return up the Jardine--Third Start in Search of Settlement--Wild Grape-- Crossing Saddles--a Disappointment--Head the Escape River--Meet Friendly Natives--Natives Act as Pilots--Native Bread--Canoes --Corroboree--Native Drums--Arrival at Somerset--Mr. Jardine's Marked-tree Line--Meeting with their Father--A Heroine.