Station Life in New Zealand
Contents
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Contents.
LETTER I. | |
TWO MONTHS AT SEA.—MELBOURNE | 1 |
LETTER II. | |
SIGHT-SEEING IN MELBOURNE | 10 |
LETTER III. | |
ON TO NEW ZEALAND | 15 |
LETTER IV. | |
FIRST INTRODUCTION TO “STATION LIFE” | 23 |
LETTER V. | |
A PASTORAL LETTER | 31 |
LETTER VI. | |
SOCIETY.—HOUSES AND SERVANTS | 36 |
LETTER VII. | |
A YOUNG COLONIST.—THE TOWN AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD | 46 |
LETTER VIII. | |
PLEASANT DAYS AT ILAM | 51page x |
LETTER IX. | |
DEATH IN OUR NEW HOME.—NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN | 56 |
LETTER X. | |
OUR STATION HOME | 61 |
LETTER XI. | |
HOUSEKEEPING, AND OTHER MATTERS | 68 |
LETTER XII. | |
MY FIRST EXPEDITION | 75 |
LETTER XIII. | |
BACHELOR HOSPITALITY.—A GALE ON SHORE | 81 |
LETTER XIV. | |
A CHRISTMAS PICNIC, AND OTHER DOINGS | 90 |
LETTER XV. | |
EVERYDAY STATION LIFE | 105 |
LETTER XVI. | |
A SAILING EXCURSION ON LAKE COLERIDGE | 114 |
LETTER XVII. | |
MY FIRST AND LAST EXPERIENCE OF “CAMPING OUT” | 124 |
LETTER XVIII. | |
A JOURNEY “DOWN SOUTH” | 137page xi |
LETTER XIX. | |
A CHRISTENING GATHERING.—THE FATE OF DICK | 148 |
LETTER XX. | |
THE NEW ZEALAND SNOW-STORM OF 1867 | 156 |
LETTER XXI. | |
WILD CATTLE HUNTING IN THE KOWHAI BUSH | 175 |
LETTER XXII. | |
THE EXCEEDING JOY OF “BURNING” | 194 |
LETTER XXIII. | |
CONCERNING A GREAT FLOOD | 208 |
LETTER XXIV. | |
MY ONLY FALL FROM HORSEBACK | 222 |
LETTER XXV. | |
HOW WE LOST OUR HORSES AND HAD TO WALK HOME | 228 |
A Sheep Station in Canterbury, N.Z. | Frontispiece |