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Page 73
... cattle came out there at night , too , but kept to the bush by day . Over the stream and upward for a mile or so ; steep going , heavy with fern , and difficult with scrub and supplejack . Down again to the basin of the Fleming that ...
... cattle came out there at night , too , but kept to the bush by day . Over the stream and upward for a mile or so ; steep going , heavy with fern , and difficult with scrub and supplejack . Down again to the basin of the Fleming that ...
Page 106
... cattle , and as it showed worst in cattle sold and put on good feed outside , trade was ruined . Bill Churchfield , his beard grey from the strain , thrust that beard out on deter- mined chin , and muttered through it to Mary , his bag ...
... cattle , and as it showed worst in cattle sold and put on good feed outside , trade was ruined . Bill Churchfield , his beard grey from the strain , thrust that beard out on deter- mined chin , and muttered through it to Mary , his bag ...
Page 108
... cattle was discussed . He had to make the best of it , and make figures in a book a substitute for figures in the bush . As the cattle went back , the sheep came in , more and better sheep . The place became a sort of sub- divided sheep ...
... cattle was discussed . He had to make the best of it , and make figures in a book a substitute for figures in the bush . As the cattle went back , the sheep came in , more and better sheep . The place became a sort of sub- divided sheep ...
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