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Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 By: Robert B. Booth (1843?-) |
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(1859 to 1864.)
BY ROBERT B. BOOTH, M.Inst.C.E.
LONDON: J. G. HAMMOND & CO., LTD. Fleet Lane, Old Bailey, E.C. 1912.
Contents. PAGE CHAPTER I. How I came to Emigrate 1
CHAPTER II. The Voyage Rats on Board The White Squall Harpooning
a Shark Burial of the Twins Tropics Icebergs Exchange
of Courtesies in mid Pacific 4
CHAPTER III. Port Lyttelton and Christchurch Call on Friends Visit Malvern
Hill 14
CHAPTER IV. A Period of Uncertainty Leave for Nelson as Cadets on Sheep Run 19
CHAPTER V. Working of a Sheep Run Scab C's Departure for Home 25
CHAPTER VI. Shepherd's Life Driving Sheep Killing Wild Sow Return
to Christchurch 30
CHAPTER VII. I join a Survey Party Travel to the Ashburton 36
CHAPTER VIII. Wild Pig Hunting 41
CHAPTER IX. Cattle Ranching and Stock Riding 46
CHAPTER X. Take Employment with a Bush Contractor Serious Illness Start
for South and the Gold Diggings 51
CHAPTER XI. Our Eventful Journey to the Gold Diggings 58
CHAPTER XII. Life on the Gold Diggings 64
CHAPTER XIII. Leave the Diggings Attempt to Drive Wild Cattle thereto Return
to Dunedin 69
CHAPTER XIV. Leave for Mesopotamia Road making Sheep Mustering Death
of Dr. Sinclair Contracts on the Ashburton, etc. 73
CHAPTER XV. Winter under the Southern Alps Frost Bite Seeking Sheep
in the Snow The Runaway 80
CHAPTER XVI. Start on Exploring Expedition to the Wanaka Lake 85
CHAPTER XVII. Exploration Trip continued Weekas Inspection of New
Country Escape from Fire 89
CHAPTER XVIII. Death of Parker Royal Mail robbed by a Cat Meet with
Accident fording River 94
CHAPTER XIX. The Ghost Story Benighted in the Snow 99
CHAPTER XX. Decide to go to India Visit Melbourne, etc. Arrival at Bombay 106
List of Illustrations. SEE PAGE Harpooning a Shark 7 The Arrival of Lapworth 16 Pat and His Mail Bag Dislodged by a Cat 96 Killing the Wild Sow 34 Encounter with Wild Boar 44 The Baked Steers 49 Seeking Sheep in the Snow 81 The Gold Diggings 67 Peddlars at the Diggings 67 Mesopotamia Station 73 Upper Gorge of the Rangitata 75 Glent Hills Station 97
Introduction.
The islands of New Zealand, discovered by the Dutch navigator, Tasman,
in 1642, and surveyed and explored by Captain Cooke in 1769, remained
unnoticed until 1814, when the first Christian Missionaries landed, and
commenced the work of converting the inhabitants, who, up to that time
had been cannibals. The Missionaries had been unusually successful, and prepared the way for
the first emigrants, who landed at Wellington in the North Island in
1839. A year later the Maori Chiefs signed a treaty acknowledging the
Sovereignty of Queen Victoria, and the colonisation of the country
quickly followed. The seat of Government was first placed at Auckland, where resided the
Governor, and there were formed ten provinces under the jurisdiction of
superintendents. The head of the Government was subsequently transferred
to Wellington, the provincial system abolished, and their powers
exercised by local boards directly under the Governor... Continue reading book >>
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