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Page 24
... never could . Down through the stump - peopled paddock to the clay road , red - glowing candle in the bottomless bottle , and away single - file through the mud from bungie house to bungie house - home ! These were homes , not just ...
... never could . Down through the stump - peopled paddock to the clay road , red - glowing candle in the bottomless bottle , and away single - file through the mud from bungie house to bungie house - home ! These were homes , not just ...
Page 36
... never a suggestion that the event might be postponed . Pockets were emptied of marbles , string , pebbles and bark whistles - a mere make - believe , of course , for most of these would still be taken to the picnic . And , scrubbed to a ...
... never a suggestion that the event might be postponed . Pockets were emptied of marbles , string , pebbles and bark whistles - a mere make - believe , of course , for most of these would still be taken to the picnic . And , scrubbed to a ...
Page 71
... never before been so designated , had no idea what an essay might be , and had never heard the tui referred to as the parson bird . They would have been equally helpless in the circum- stances if the order had been to add two and two ...
... never before been so designated , had no idea what an essay might be , and had never heard the tui referred to as the parson bird . They would have been equally helpless in the circum- stances if the order had been to add two and two ...
Contents
1Arrival at Chaslands Page | 11 |
2Settling in and Making Friends | 16 |
3Visiting the Neighbours | 21 |
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appeared bank Beardman Bill Churchfield Billy birds blue broadleaf Bronin Broon Browden bull bullock bungie Catlins cattle caves chain Chaslands Beach clay cows creek Curio Bay dance dark deep dobbin dogs Douglas boys dray eels eyes feet fern fire fish flax Fred Dale Gang Geordie girls gully hack hammer hand hauled Hooki-hook horse huhu grubs inches J. D. S. Roberts Jack Churchfield Jack Miles kakas kamahi knew lads lady legs Little Samson load long Jack looked Maori maun mile morepork morning night Owaka Papatowai perhaps Photograph by J. D. S. picnic piece Pounawea pounds race ragwort rimu river road rock rope round Sandy's scones scow sheuch shot sledge smoke song stream stumps supple-jack Tahakopa Taunton Tautuku timber Tom Douglas tree voice Waikawa Waimahaka walk wheels wild