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... Douglas boys and girl went to school , with S. J. Harris , teacher . The school was a single- room one on an elevation seven or eight chains from the road , and the Douglases had about three miles of clay road to walk to it . The grass ...
... Douglas boys and girl went to school , with S. J. Harris , teacher . The school was a single- room one on an elevation seven or eight chains from the road , and the Douglases had about three miles of clay road to walk to it . The grass ...
Page 43
... Douglas boys would stand trembling on the stage to render it . Decoration ! Sledges , gigs , drays , everything that could transport branches , ferns , bungies or flowers , had been seen for the previous two days heading for the ...
... Douglas boys would stand trembling on the stage to render it . Decoration ! Sledges , gigs , drays , everything that could transport branches , ferns , bungies or flowers , had been seen for the previous two days heading for the ...
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... Douglas boys , to be paddled upstream to where the shy teal ducks talked softly among the vines . Someone , some day , seeking an easy path up the bank across the river there , may follow the path taken by George and Jim Douglas when ...
... Douglas boys , to be paddled upstream to where the shy teal ducks talked softly among the vines . Someone , some day , seeking an easy path up the bank across the river there , may follow the path taken by George and Jim Douglas when ...
Contents
1Arrival at Chaslands Page | 11 |
2Settling in and Making Friends | 16 |
3Visiting the Neighbours | 21 |
Copyright | |
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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