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... carried a great sheet of newspaper , from which he tore a strip as required . This strip , loosely folded , was ... carry the ashes across the floor . Everyone sang in turn ; the great fire roared , the rain rattled unheeded on the roof ...
... carried a great sheet of newspaper , from which he tore a strip as required . This strip , loosely folded , was ... carry the ashes across the floor . Everyone sang in turn ; the great fire roared , the rain rattled unheeded on the roof ...
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... carried , this would be pressed down on , and through , the thickest part of the flounder . A hand would then be worked under the fish till the point of the spear was secured , when flounder and spear would be lifted and carried ashore ...
... carried , this would be pressed down on , and through , the thickest part of the flounder . A hand would then be worked under the fish till the point of the spear was secured , when flounder and spear would be lifted and carried ashore ...
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... carried a good deal of water to the sea since first the axes of Tam Castle and Sandy and Wayman and Farmer set the birds a - wondering in the Chaslands bush . Even the slow pounding of the waves down at the beach must have made some ...
... carried a good deal of water to the sea since first the axes of Tam Castle and Sandy and Wayman and Farmer set the birds a - wondering in the Chaslands bush . Even the slow pounding of the waves down at the beach must have made some ...
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