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Page 29
... bull or dropped a pig . He was perhaps the supreme master of exaggeration in a district where this honour was not lightly to be won . " We was goin ' in at the back of Gillan's , and me dogs was at me ' eels , when what did I see but a ...
... bull or dropped a pig . He was perhaps the supreme master of exaggeration in a district where this honour was not lightly to be won . " We was goin ' in at the back of Gillan's , and me dogs was at me ' eels , when what did I see but a ...
Page 75
... bull by a flank and hanging on , slowing the animal sufficiently for the more forward of the hunters to appear on the bank while the quarry had still some distance to swim . Geordie , cool hand , held his fire lest the bull die in the ...
... bull by a flank and hanging on , slowing the animal sufficiently for the more forward of the hunters to appear on the bank while the quarry had still some distance to swim . Geordie , cool hand , held his fire lest the bull die in the ...
Page 77
... bull in sight , showed tremendous powers in dealing with a dead one , and got himself as greasy as a Channel swimmer and as black as Sandy's dog Toper . Now the night was thrusting shadowy arms among the great trees and spreading dark ...
... bull in sight , showed tremendous powers in dealing with a dead one , and got himself as greasy as a Channel swimmer and as black as Sandy's dog Toper . Now the night was thrusting shadowy arms among the great trees and spreading dark ...
Contents
1Arrival at Chaslands Page | 11 |
2Settling in and Making Friends | 16 |
3Visiting the Neighbours | 21 |
Copyright | |
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