Distant Homes; Or, The Graham Family in New ZealandGriffith and Farran, (Successors to Newbery and Harris,) corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, 1862 - Canterbury (N.Z.) - 231 pages "A Swiss-Family-Robinson-like account of immigrant life in New Zealand based on letters written by Rev. W.J. Aylmer of Akaroa to England and worked up by the wife of Rev. Aylmer's cousin"--Bagnall. |
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... talk . While I have been giving this short description of the things our friends the Grahams were so fast approaching , the wind has been bearing them steadily along . Tom has at last been gratified by being the first to shout , " Land ...
... talk . While I have been giving this short description of the things our friends the Grahams were so fast approaching , the wind has been bearing them steadily along . Tom has at last been gratified by being the first to shout , " Land ...
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... talk of the danger having past ; it was , how- ever , only beginning . Far away , to the east , a white cloud seemed to lie on the bosom of the sea ; it came nearer , and passed within a mile of the ship , running along the top of the ...
... talk of the danger having past ; it was , how- ever , only beginning . Far away , to the east , a white cloud seemed to lie on the bosom of the sea ; it came nearer , and passed within a mile of the ship , running along the top of the ...
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... talk of horses , immediately made up their minds that the poor little pigs were horses . Two chiefs mounted a couple , and rode them until they died : the third escaped into the woods ; but , having been seen in a burial - ground , was ...
... talk of horses , immediately made up their minds that the poor little pigs were horses . Two chiefs mounted a couple , and rode them until they died : the third escaped into the woods ; but , having been seen in a burial - ground , was ...
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... talk a little , everyone recognizing them as new - comers , and being anxious to know where they were going to settle , or , sometimes , if they came from any part of England they knew . It seemed just as if everybody knew everybody ...
... talk a little , everyone recognizing them as new - comers , and being anxious to know where they were going to settle , or , sometimes , if they came from any part of England they knew . It seemed just as if everybody knew everybody ...
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... talking . After the last remnants of the feast had vanished , a large earthen jar of water , flavoured with some sort of herb , of a strongly acid taste , was carried round . Then they all began to talk at once , making so much noise ...
... talking . After the last remnants of the feast had vanished , a large earthen jar of water , flavoured with some sort of herb , of a strongly acid taste , was carried round . Then they all began to talk at once , making so much noise ...
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