A Spring in the Canterbury SettlementLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1853 - 92 páginas |
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... Island . But straight before us lay our land of promise , the harbour towards which , for four long , weary months , we had shaped our solitary course , the land where the losses and errors of the old life in the old country were to be ...
... Island . But straight before us lay our land of promise , the harbour towards which , for four long , weary months , we had shaped our solitary course , the land where the losses and errors of the old life in the old country were to be ...
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... island is invariably accompanied with rainy , miserable weather , and which , in ad- dition to these discomforts , blows directly down the harbour , and is often dangerous to vessels lying there . This species of welcome to the colony ...
... island is invariably accompanied with rainy , miserable weather , and which , in ad- dition to these discomforts , blows directly down the harbour , and is often dangerous to vessels lying there . This species of welcome to the colony ...
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... island . The town of Christchurch likewise was , for the most part , concealed by the hill on the left ; and the few small woe - begone houses which met our view increased rather than diminished the desolate appearance of the landscape ...
... island . The town of Christchurch likewise was , for the most part , concealed by the hill on the left ; and the few small woe - begone houses which met our view increased rather than diminished the desolate appearance of the landscape ...
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... island , and dates back about ten years . It is now ex- tremely valuable from the possession of one of the two pieces of bush already mentioned . The house is situated on the bank of a beautiful stream of very pure water . He has a ...
... island , and dates back about ten years . It is now ex- tremely valuable from the possession of one of the two pieces of bush already mentioned . The house is situated on the bank of a beautiful stream of very pure water . He has a ...
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... Island a pretty spot comprising about fifty acres , situ- ated in the upper part of the harbour , about four miles from Lyttelton , the property of Mr. Hamilton Ward . A sad mystery hangs over the fate of the two elder brothers of this ...
... Island a pretty spot comprising about fifty acres , situ- ated in the upper part of the harbour , about four miles from Lyttelton , the property of Mr. Hamilton Ward . A sad mystery hangs over the fate of the two elder brothers of this ...
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