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Page 55
... gullies down which little creeks raced , and these streams were crossed by the walkers in ways befitting their years ... gully , and down to the very fringe of the beach itself . You cannot get away from ferns , nor from the round gummy ...
... gullies down which little creeks raced , and these streams were crossed by the walkers in ways befitting their years ... gully , and down to the very fringe of the beach itself . You cannot get away from ferns , nor from the round gummy ...
Page 84
... gully - still he kept to the task , and at night had a sweat - bought pile of good posts lying on a flat piece of land near his bungie abode . Next day he was digging holes , and the secret was out . The piles for a new house were being ...
... gully - still he kept to the task , and at night had a sweat - bought pile of good posts lying on a flat piece of land near his bungie abode . Next day he was digging holes , and the secret was out . The piles for a new house were being ...
Page 124
... gully , the fight being called off when the cook's false teeth went over- board into the creek below , and six or seven men , who could not even see the moon , grubbed about in the water in search of them . The cook himself , from mere ...
... gully , the fight being called off when the cook's false teeth went over- board into the creek below , and six or seven men , who could not even see the moon , grubbed about in the water in search of them . The cook himself , from mere ...
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