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... fern long ago . The outsize dray , with three clay - plastered horses straining and swaying in their harness , carried the family and all their possessions round the bends and up the hills on the road to Chaslands . Chaslands ! Only a ...
... fern long ago . The outsize dray , with three clay - plastered horses straining and swaying in their harness , carried the family and all their possessions round the bends and up the hills on the road to Chaslands . Chaslands ! Only a ...
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... fern had clothed a strip along the Hooki - hook , so the settlers had placed their homes there with the heroic intention of carving into the heavy timber later . The homes were of fern - tree or , occasionally , slab ; roofs of thatch ...
... fern had clothed a strip along the Hooki - hook , so the settlers had placed their homes there with the heroic intention of carving into the heavy timber later . The homes were of fern - tree or , occasionally , slab ; roofs of thatch ...
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... ferns ; majestic and varied and beau- tiful , down to the delicate tendrils that hung quivering in the mist of some tiny waterfall . Crepe ferns ; double crepe ferns . Take a load of them if you wish . They will never be missed . But ...
... ferns ; majestic and varied and beau- tiful , down to the delicate tendrils that hung quivering in the mist of some tiny waterfall . Crepe ferns ; double crepe ferns . Take a load of them if you wish . They will never be missed . But ...
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