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... Bush ; these were the wanderings of the Douglas family - fifty years ago . There is nothing like the bush . White man or black man , boy or girl , any bush will hold them spell- bound , any bush will call to the questing instinct that ...
... Bush ; these were the wanderings of the Douglas family - fifty years ago . There is nothing like the bush . White man or black man , boy or girl , any bush will hold them spell- bound , any bush will call to the questing instinct that ...
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... bush - wrens called and twittered , perched and fluttered within reach of their hands , and gave them welcome . Pigeons sat placidly , white breasts framed in green ; robins hopped to their very feet . All the bush and all the life of the ...
... bush - wrens called and twittered , perched and fluttered within reach of their hands , and gave them welcome . Pigeons sat placidly , white breasts framed in green ; robins hopped to their very feet . All the bush and all the life of the ...
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... bush , and was due to return to it shortly , spear in hand , there to subsist on wild pig and honey , had astounded ... Bush must have come into money , and some even despaired of " keeping up with the Bushes . " This knowledge may have ...
... bush , and was due to return to it shortly , spear in hand , there to subsist on wild pig and honey , had astounded ... Bush must have come into money , and some even despaired of " keeping up with the Bushes . " This knowledge may have ...
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