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Page 54
... flax , wire , rope , or mixed harness -all to the fore . Down at Douglas's they gathered . Horses were tied to scrub or stump or fence - post , some supplied with a flax sheaf , some on a fairly long line , and some with nothing in ...
... flax , wire , rope , or mixed harness -all to the fore . Down at Douglas's they gathered . Horses were tied to scrub or stump or fence - post , some supplied with a flax sheaf , some on a fairly long line , and some with nothing in ...
Page 88
... flax rope , lowered by his wife and two boys , and held by them while he com- pleted the climb . In after life they shuddered to recall the flax rope , tied by two lads and held from a sloping green bank above , with a drop of thirty 88 ...
... flax rope , lowered by his wife and two boys , and held by them while he com- pleted the climb . In after life they shuddered to recall the flax rope , tied by two lads and held from a sloping green bank above , with a drop of thirty 88 ...
Page 103
... flax about a quarter of an inch wide was selected , and a knot tied about a foot from the end . This portion was split into ten or twelve thin strips . By means of a rush needle , grubs were threaded on to the strips till every one was ...
... flax about a quarter of an inch wide was selected , and a knot tied about a foot from the end . This portion was split into ten or twelve thin strips . By means of a rush needle , grubs were threaded on to the strips till every one was ...
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