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... leg - rope , substituted for the flax string as being more in keeping . The married ladies had followed more sedately ... legs rolled up , faced the officious Bill for the big race of the day . This was the only race that had been really ...
... leg - rope , substituted for the flax string as being more in keeping . The married ladies had followed more sedately ... legs rolled up , faced the officious Bill for the big race of the day . This was the only race that had been really ...
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... leg or walked over sideways , or acted the goat in some other way — as was expected ; infants had been got over with ... legs do quick work . Jack Churchfield lengthened his stride . Young ladies forgot to be sedate . And when the roar ...
... leg or walked over sideways , or acted the goat in some other way — as was expected ; infants had been got over with ... legs do quick work . Jack Churchfield lengthened his stride . Young ladies forgot to be sedate . And when the roar ...
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... leg was over the chains , when she would " stotter aboot " till her hind legs touched the load . Then she would kick out at a venture , Sandy meanwhile plying rein and voice till the echoes went floating across bush and gully , and ...
... leg was over the chains , when she would " stotter aboot " till her hind legs touched the load . Then she would kick out at a venture , Sandy meanwhile plying rein and voice till the echoes went floating across bush and gully , and ...
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