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... Little Samson . The Samson itself was reputed to have been actively volcanic long ago , but was silent and serene then . And so you could travel , seeing farms and farmers as you went , for some seven or eight miles , till the bush ...
... Little Samson . The Samson itself was reputed to have been actively volcanic long ago , but was silent and serene then . And so you could travel , seeing farms and farmers as you went , for some seven or eight miles , till the bush ...
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... Samson , is not , perhaps , an imposing peak , but it is an imposing peak beside the Little Samson , a mere knoll beside the other , but itself quite a high mound in the gently rolling country that surrounds both . It is a matter of ...
... Samson , is not , perhaps , an imposing peak , but it is an imposing peak beside the Little Samson , a mere knoll beside the other , but itself quite a high mound in the gently rolling country that surrounds both . It is a matter of ...
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... little wonder that they travelled about a good deal and fortunate that food was plentiful . But the Samson looked down on all this in silence . Perhaps , as some geologists held , it had had its say in the dim past , and perhaps the Little ...
... little wonder that they travelled about a good deal and fortunate that food was plentiful . But the Samson looked down on all this in silence . Perhaps , as some geologists held , it had had its say in the dim past , and perhaps the Little ...
Contents
1Arrival at Chaslands Page | 11 |
2Settling in and Making Friends | 16 |
3Visiting the Neighbours | 21 |
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