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... night . His customary time for setting forth for Owaka , twenty - five muddy miles away , was at dusk , and late sojourners on the road would often be startled to hear an incredibly deep voice sound forth from the black distance , " Ged ...
... night . His customary time for setting forth for Owaka , twenty - five muddy miles away , was at dusk , and late sojourners on the road would often be startled to hear an incredibly deep voice sound forth from the black distance , " Ged ...
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... 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 of the fire as Jack ...
... 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 of the fire as Jack ...
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... night was falling , which was as soon as possible , and plunged into the dark of the narrow bush road . The night was bitterly cold . At Halloway's- " the end of the road " -ten miles from their starting point , they halted and spent a ...
... night was falling , which was as soon as possible , and plunged into the dark of the narrow bush road . The night was bitterly cold . At Halloway's- " the end of the road " -ten miles from their starting point , they halted and spent a ...
Contents
1Arrival at Chaslands Page | 11 |
2Settling in and Making Friends | 16 |
3Visiting the Neighbours | 21 |
Copyright | |
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