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Page 81
... load of thirty or forty pounds of meat per man . The hide , also , would make a fair load for someone . On with the breakfast- " stick - up " again ; scone and bread and cheese , rough and homely , and eaten with appetites unweakened by ...
... load of thirty or forty pounds of meat per man . The hide , also , would make a fair load for someone . On with the breakfast- " stick - up " again ; scone and bread and cheese , rough and homely , and eaten with appetites unweakened by ...
Page 84
... load , no load at all ; finish at the gallop ; finish down a gully - still he kept to the task , and at night had a sweat - bought pile of good posts lying on a flat piece of land near his bungie abode . Next day he was digging holes ...
... load , no load at all ; finish at the gallop ; finish down a gully - still he kept to the task , and at night had a sweat - bought pile of good posts lying on a flat piece of land near his bungie abode . Next day he was digging holes ...
Page 111
... load each way , for he had a habit of putting into that sugar - bag anything he thought might be useful or interesting . Typical items were , on the homeward journey , shells picked up on the long Papatowai Beach ; a used knapping ...
... load each way , for he had a habit of putting into that sugar - bag anything he thought might be useful or interesting . Typical items were , on the homeward journey , shells picked up on the long Papatowai Beach ; a used knapping ...
Contents
1Arrival at Chaslands Page | 11 |
2Settling in and Making Friends | 16 |
3Visiting the Neighbours | 21 |
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