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... wild business , with at last a herd of panting cows , mud to the eyes , milling round in a yard knee deep in more mud . A favourite next step was to stand in the middle of the yard with a long pole , prodding a cow as occasion offered ...
... wild business , with at last a herd of panting cows , mud to the eyes , milling round in a yard knee deep in more mud . A favourite next step was to stand in the middle of the yard with a long pole , prodding a cow as occasion offered ...
Page 73
... wild pigs . Wild cattle came out there at night , too , but kept to the bush by day . Over the stream and upward for a mile or so ; steep going , heavy with fern , and difficult with scrub and supplejack . Down again to the basin of the ...
... wild pigs . Wild cattle came out there at night , too , but kept to the bush by day . Over the stream and upward for a mile or so ; steep going , heavy with fern , and difficult with scrub and supplejack . Down again to the basin of the ...
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... wild hacks that endangered the boat ; and great draughts that threatened to brain some sitter with the pounding of their frying - pan hooves . But the old lady handled all situations with courage and skill . A grand old lady . Over came ...
... wild hacks that endangered the boat ; and great draughts that threatened to brain some sitter with the pounding of their frying - pan hooves . But the old lady handled all situations with courage and skill . A grand old lady . Over came ...
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