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COLONIAL EXPERIENCES.
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PUBLISHED BY
JAMES MACLEHOSE, GLASGOW.
MACMILLAN AND CO., LONDON.
London,... Hamilton, Adams and Co.
Cambridge,.. Macmillan and Co.
Edinburgh,.. Edmonston and Douglas.
Dublin, W. H. Smith and Son.
MDCCCLXXIV.
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COLONIAL EXPERIENCES;
Sketches of People and Places in the Province of
OTAGO, NEW ZEALAND.
BY
ALEXANDER BATHGATE.
GLASGOW:
JAMES MACLEHOSE, 61 ST. VINCENT STREET,
PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY.
1874.
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GLASGOW:
PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, BY
MACLEHOSE AND MACDOUGALL.
[CONTENTS]
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
COLONIAL EXPERIENCE, ..... 1
CHAPTER II.
DUNEDIN, ..... 12
CHAPTER III.
"OLD IDENTITIES," ..... 25
CHAPTER IV.
WHAT INDUCED YOU TO EMIGRATE? ..... 36
CHAPTER V.
LOCAL INDUSTRIES, ..... 47
CHAPTER VI.
THE DOMESTIC AFFLICTION, ..... 58
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CHAPTER VII.
UP THE COUNTRY, ...... 67
CHAPTER VIII.
LIFE IN THE GOLD-FIELDS, ..... 86
CHAPTER IX.
DIGGERS' YARNS, ...... 101
CHAPTER X.
UP THE SHOTOVER, ...... 120
CHAPTER XI.
BOB THE HATTER, ...... 138
CHAPTER XII.
OLD HANDS, ....... 155
CHAPTER XIII.
THE CHINESE, ....... 168
CHAPTER XIV.
YOUNG NEW ZEALAND AND HIS EDUCATION, . 181
CHAPTER XV.
COCKATOOS AND SQUATTERS, .... 195
CHAPTER XVI.
AVOCATIONS, ....... 214
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CHAPTER XVII.
NATURAL OBJECTS, ....... 229
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE ADJACENT ISLANDS, ....... 250
CHAPTER XIX.
OTHER PROVINCES, ....... 264
CHAPTER XX.
POLITICS, STATISTICS, AND CONCLUSION, ....... 277
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