LETTER I. |
TWO MONTHS AT SEA.—MELBOURNE |
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LETTER II. |
SIGHT-SEEING IN MELBOURNE |
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LETTER III. |
ON TO NEW ZEALAND |
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LETTER IV. |
FIRST INTRODUCTION TO “STATION LIFE” |
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LETTER V. |
A PASTORAL LETTER |
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LETTER VI. |
SOCIETY.—HOUSES AND SERVANTS |
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LETTER VII. |
A YOUNG COLONIST.—THE TOWN AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD |
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LETTER VIII. |
PLEASANT DAYS AT ILAM |
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LETTER IX. |
DEATH IN OUR NEW HOME.—NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN |
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LETTER X. |
OUR STATION HOME |
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LETTER XI. |
HOUSEKEEPING, AND OTHER MATTERS |
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LETTER XII. |
MY FIRST EXPEDITION |
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LETTER XIII. |
BACHELOR HOSPITALITY.—A GALE ON SHORE |
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LETTER XIV. |
A CHRISTMAS PICNIC, AND OTHER DOINGS |
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LETTER XV. |
EVERYDAY STATION LIFE |
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LETTER XVI. |
A SAILING EXCURSION ON LAKE COLERIDGE |
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LETTER XVII. |
MY FIRST AND LAST EXPERIENCE OF “CAMPING OUT” |
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LETTER XVIII. |
A JOURNEY “DOWN SOUTH” |
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LETTER XIX. |
A CHRISTENING GATHERING.—THE FATE OF DICK |
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LETTER XX. |
THE NEW ZEALAND SNOW-STORM OF 1867 |
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LETTER XXI. |
WILD CATTLE HUNTING IN THE KOWHAI BUSH |
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LETTER XXII. |
THE EXCEEDING JOY OF “BURNING” |
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LETTER XXIII. |
CONCERNING A GREAT FLOOD |
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LETTER XXIV. |
MY ONLY FALL FROM HORSEBACK |
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LETTER XXV. |
HOW WE LOST OUR HORSES AND HAD TO WALK HOME |
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A Sheep Station in Canterbury, N.Z. |
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