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Page 41
Consideration was being given to the question of placing the runners should he
lap the field, or even double lap it, as appeared very likely; but, the first flush of
enthusiasm over, he seemed content to speed along behind the bunch,
apparently ...
Consideration was being given to the question of placing the runners should he
lap the field, or even double lap it, as appeared very likely; but, the first flush of
enthusiasm over, he seemed content to speed along behind the bunch,
apparently ...
Page 79
But the night itself seemed to have been disturbed. The unsatisfied kaka, still
prodding away in the tracks of huhu grubs, was joined by two more, and the three
seemed far from pleased at having met. Perhaps their louder disputations ...
But the night itself seemed to have been disturbed. The unsatisfied kaka, still
prodding away in the tracks of huhu grubs, was joined by two more, and the three
seemed far from pleased at having met. Perhaps their louder disputations ...
Page 80
... gone, and the stars—odd ones that could be seen through the trees—hung like
lamps in the sky. A blackbird suddenly sent forth a call to the bush and the world,
and it set a pigeon's wings going with a wiff, wiff. The kakas, that had seemed ...
... gone, and the stars—odd ones that could be seen through the trees—hung like
lamps in the sky. A blackbird suddenly sent forth a call to the bush and the world,
and it set a pigeon's wings going with a wiff, wiff. The kakas, that had seemed ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Chaslands, Pioneering Days in Southern New Zealand |
| Author | George Edward Dewar |
| Publisher | A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 136 pages |
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