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... road . " Poor slaves , " he said . If you passed the school and turned up an im- possible side road you arrived at the store , owned and kept by Billy Beardman , black of beard and deep of voice . A big and burly Orkney Islander , Bill ...
... road . " Poor slaves , " he said . If you passed the school and turned up an im- possible side road you arrived at the store , owned and kept by Billy Beardman , black of beard and deep of voice . A big and burly Orkney Islander , Bill ...
Page 62
... road , the sun , when it did shine , had but a poor chance to do any evaporating , so that except for a few patches , the road was much the same , summer or winter . Indeed , some of the muddier parts were worst in summer , for then the ...
... road , the sun , when it did shine , had but a poor chance to do any evaporating , so that except for a few patches , the road was much the same , summer or winter . Indeed , some of the muddier parts were worst in summer , for then the ...
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... road to the Beach was commenced , and about half a mile more or less completed , but funds failed and the road died . Rating was not high in Chaslands . In fact , the land itself was cheap , except in the matter of toil and trouble ...
... road to the Beach was commenced , and about half a mile more or less completed , but funds failed and the road died . Rating was not high in Chaslands . In fact , the land itself was cheap , except in the matter of toil and trouble ...
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