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... looked straight down for a while , noticing most things , decided that all was well and sailed on , sending back a slanting ray or two to show where it was going . Two o'clock came , and the sleepers stirred - all except the well ...
... looked straight down for a while , noticing most things , decided that all was well and sailed on , sending back a slanting ray or two to show where it was going . Two o'clock came , and the sleepers stirred - all except the well ...
Page 92
... looked as if the whole bush was as good as gone when Bronin came . He used powerful words in a powerful voice , and despised all feebleness . He had , however , happened on a part of the world where he had no great amount of despising ...
... looked as if the whole bush was as good as gone when Bronin came . He used powerful words in a powerful voice , and despised all feebleness . He had , however , happened on a part of the world where he had no great amount of despising ...
Page 95
... looked down on the farms of Waipati , the special name given to that part of Chas- lands , the other part being known as Heathfield . From the top of the Samson , if you reached it , you could look down on the home of the Newtons , a ...
... looked down on the farms of Waipati , the special name given to that part of Chas- lands , the other part being known as Heathfield . From the top of the Samson , if you reached it , you could look down on the home of the Newtons , a ...
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