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Identifier: throughsouthwes00more (find matches)
Title: Through south Westland, a journey to the Haast and Mount Aspiring, New Zealand
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Moreland, A. Maud
Subjects: Westland, N.Z. (County)
Publisher: London Witherby
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto
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e wandering winds that pass,Bear with them, oer the thistled grass, The darksome forests moan. H. L. Twistleton. It was indeed a sorry place to spend a night, butI was thankful to get there ! We turned the horsesloose, and proceeded to light a fire: the chimneywould not draw—not, indeed, to be wondered at,for after all it was only a hole, and all the smokecame inside. Then we found there was no tea,that being in one of the abandoned sacks. All wecould do was to mix some cream and hot water,and this, with a hunch of bread and butter, con-stituted our supper. I took the wet wrappings offthe cake : it was a ruin, reduced to a mere pudding—and we left it for the next party of rabbiters.At first we thought of Transome riding back forhelp, but it was now 10 p.m. and he was tiredout, and we were both depressed over this tragicending to a perfect day. So we decided that heshould go eaily next morning, and then turned ourthoughts to making ourselves as comfortable asmight be for the night.
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THE NIGER HUT. 153 We found some dry litter; and once upon a timethere had been two bunks there, but most of theslats had been used for firewood by the rabbiters.Transome settled himself on the floor in his bag,and was asleep in a few minutes ; fortunately thesleeping-bags and rugs were dry. I collectedsome slats lying about, and repaired one bunk,which stood just below the frameless window-opening. And now a new cause of disquietude presenteditself. All the cattle on the flat had collected roundthe hut in a wild state of excitement, and theirappetite for dry goods seemed insatiable. So harnessand everything had to be brought inside—and I justrescued my towel and bathing-dress from a hungrycow ; nor would the door keep shut, and a moistnose was constantly pushed in, to be withdrawn inhaste after receiving a sounding slap with a stick.Time after time I drove them away, only to findin five minutes the herd was ramping round again—especially one white heifer, which seemed deter-mined
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