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CRUSTS.
A Settler's Fare due South.
BY
LAURENCE J. KENNAWAY.
LONDON:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, LOW, & SEARLE,
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.
1874.
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EXETER:
PRINTED BY JAMES TOWNSEND, GANDY STREET.
Reprint published by
CAPPER PRESS
CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
1970
Printed offset by The Caxton Press, Christchurch
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CONTENTS.
LOOK HERE!.... 5
MOREOVER..... 6
CHART..... 7
LANDING ON THE OTHER SIDE... 8
SUNRISE NUMBER ONE... 12
WILD DUCKS AND MUTUAL SOCKS. 20
SHINGLER'S BREAD... 21
THE NEW CHUM--HIS BED.. 24
FIRST CHURCH.... 25
THE BISHOP--HIS ROBES... 28
WASHERWOMAN--ALSO PAT... 30
CURFEW WITHOUT A BELL... 34
HOARFROST COVERLET ...35
ON THE ROAD ...44
NO BRIDGE.... 50
GOOD-BYE TO THE OLD HUT... 58
WINTER NIGHTS AND NO ROOF... 64
INTERVAL FOR REFRESHMENT... 73
SNARES AND TRAPS... 74
WHIFFLER..... 83
PLUS SNOW--MINUS FIRE... 87
PROLOGUE--SHORT... 93
A PECULIAR DREAM... 94
LAST DAY IN HARNESS... 104
COLD BISHOP.... 106
NO HOPE..... 108
THE BLACK EYES OF PARKER.. NO
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WE CATCH IT... 111
HEXAMETERS--NOT WARRANTED... 115
SETTLING THE QUESTION WITH A LUCIFER MATCH... 129
BURKE'S PASS... 133
LAKE TEKAPO... 136
FIRE AGAINST FIRE... 140
GHOSTS OF LEGS OF MUTTON... 143
WE DO NOT SAVE OUR BACON... 149
LOOK OUT!... 157
OLD FRENCH... 165
LOST IN THE OPIHI... 168
LETTING 'EM HAVE IT... 172
IDEAL OF MOUNTAINS... 179
MOUNTAINS--REAL... 181
NO PERSONAL REFLECTIONS... 198
A STARLIGHT CAMP... 200
THE OLD HORSE AND THE NEW CHUM... 204
DOG'S LEG AND LOBSTER SALAD... 207
WET TO THE SADDLE... 210
HALF-AND-HALF... 212
FIRE!--AND A CHOP... 216
HARD LINES... 220
JUST A WORD... 224
THE LAST CRUST.... 231
[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]
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INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.
LAST DAY IN HARNESS (Frontispiece) See 105
CHART..... 7
ON THE ROAD.... 47
GOOD-BYE TO THE OLD HUT... 62
SNARES AND TRAPS... 77
WHIFFLER--HIS DODGE... 86
PLUS SNOW--MINUS FIRE... 89
WE CATCH IT... 113
LOOK OUT!... 162
LETTING 'EM HAVE IT... 178
THE OLD HORSE AND THE NEW CHUM... 206
FIRE!--AND A CHOP... 219
Note. --It may interest the reader to know that the above Illustrations {taken from rough sketches by the author) are all the work of a young artist who is both deaf and dumb.
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