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... fire or candle , and then , when anyone would have expected its immediate application to the huge pipe - bowl , Tam would hold it aloft in illustration of his forceful and deliberate remarks till the flame lapped round the great fingers ...
... fire or candle , and then , when anyone would have expected its immediate application to the huge pipe - bowl , Tam would hold it aloft in illustration of his forceful and deliberate remarks till the flame lapped round the great fingers ...
Page 76
... fire is an all - night nuisance , and may well become a red - hot inferno and even a death - trap . The fire may burrow under a sleeper and let him down , when his predicament would be a dangerous one . Not over river - stones , either ...
... fire is an all - night nuisance , and may well become a red - hot inferno and even a death - trap . The fire may burrow under a sleeper and let him down , when his predicament would be a dangerous one . Not over river - stones , either ...
Page 79
... fire , and the deep bush night took over . The silence of the night was broken only at long intervals by the snarl of a kaka that had been beaten for his supper , and was out to make the deficiency good all alone ; or by the crackling ...
... fire , and the deep bush night took over . The silence of the night was broken only at long intervals by the snarl of a kaka that had been beaten for his supper , and was out to make the deficiency good all alone ; or by the crackling ...
Contents
1Arrival at Chaslands Page | 11 |
2Settling in and Making Friends | 16 |
3Visiting the Neighbours | 21 |
Copyright | |
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