Exotic Intruders
Contents
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Chapter One — In the beginning p. 6
- [portrait of Captain James Cook] p. 7
- Cook's cook p. 8
- [portrait of Tobias Furneaux] p. 9
- The kune kune pig p. 10
- Cats p. 17
- Goats p. 18
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Chapter Two — The sport of kings
- [Henry William Petre] p. 20
- Transport of livestock p. 22
- Bullock-Webster Diaries p. 29
- Horses on the farm
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Chapter Three — The agricultural invasion
- The patient bullock p. 48
- [merino sheep] p. 49
- Cattle and sheep in the wild p. 52
- [the ship 'Dunedin']
- [Limousin bulls] p. 54
- Fruit Trees p. 55
- [Monterey pine and Monterey cyprus] p. 56
- The dairy factory p. 58
- [George Malcolm Thomson] p. 59
- Adventive plants p. 61
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Chapter Four — The sport of gentlemen
- The Petre Head p. 66
- Noah's Ark p. 68
- [Red deer and the 'Warrior Queen'] p. 71
- Deer parks p. 73
- Adaptation of deer to new conditions p. 75
- [fallow deer] p. 77
- A steam yacht at one's disposal p. 80
- [thar] p. 82
- Chapter Five — The societies p. 88
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Chapter Six — The songs of England
- [Sir Joseph Banks] p. 105
- The waxeye p. 106
- [the 'Charlotte Gladstone'] p. 108
- The thrush, the slug and the snail p. 112
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Chapter Seven — A fisherman's tale p. 128
- [boys angling] p. 129
- Mr A. M. Johnson and the introduction of freshwater fish p. 133
- Brown trout centenary p. 135
- Metric and Imperial p. 136
- The British Empire p. 143
- Fish can be noxious too p. 149
- Chapter Eight — Living with embarrassment: the rabbit
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Chapter Nine — The extermination squad
- Shipping fever p. 170
- Stoats and weasels p. 171
- Biological control p. 175
- Sirex—the timber bandit p. 178
- Insect assistant number one—Rhyssa p. 179
- Insect assistant number two—Ibalia p. 181
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Chapter Ten — Turning a profit
- Opossums and red deer in combination p. 192
- The unthinking harvest p. 199
- The Kirks p. 201
- Why radiata? p. 209
- Pigs in modern forests p. 211
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Chapter Eleven — Little accidents: accidental intruders
- Bringing plants to New Zealand p. 215
- The Quarantine Service p. 225
- The things that people buy! p. 226
- [untitled] p. 228
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Chapter Twelve — Mr Spackman and the snakes
- Snakes alive! p. 234
- [willows] p. 241
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Chapter Thirteen — Oddities p. 242
- [wallabies] p. 245
- [kangaroos] p. 248
- [llama] p. 251
- The zoo in New Zealand p. 256
- [Neddie the donkey] p. 259
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Chapter Fourteen — ... In the end
- [untitled] p. 261
- Deer given a lift p. 275
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Acknowledgements p. 280
- [general acknowledgements] p. 280
- Illustration Sources p. 282
- Bibliography
- Index
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Chapter One — In the beginning p. 6