EBOOK FIVE YEARS IN NEW ZEALAND ***
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Five Years in New Zealand
(1859 to 1864.)
BY
ROBERT B. BOOTH, M.Inst.C.E.
LONDON:
J. G. HAMMOND & CO., LTD.
Fleet Lane, Old Bailey, E.C.
1912.
Contents.
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CHAPTER I.
How I came to Emigrate 1
CHAPTER II.
The Voyage--Rats on Board--The White Squall--Harpooning
a Shark--Burial of the Twins--Tropics--Icebergs--Exchange
of Courtesies in mid-Pacific 4
CHAPTER III.
Port Lyttelton and Christchurch--Call on Friends--Visit Malvern
Hill 14
CHAPTER IV.
A Period of Uncertainty--Leave for Nelson as Cadets on Sheep Run 19
CHAPTER V.
Working of a Sheep Run--Scab--C's Departure for Home 25
CHAPTER VI.
Shepherd's Life--Driving Sheep--Killing Wild Sow--Return
to Christchurch 30
CHAPTER VII.
I join a Survey Party--Travel to the Ashburton 36
CHAPTER VIII.
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