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Station Life in New Zealand
Contents
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Contents.
| LETTER I. | |
| TWO MONTHS AT SEA.—MELBOURNE | 1 |
| LETTER II. | |
| SIGHT-SEEING IN MELBOURNE | 10 |
| LETTER III. | |
| ON TO NEW ZEALAND | 15 |
| LETTER IV. | |
| FIRST INTRODUCTION TO “STATION LIFE” | 23 |
| LETTER V. | |
| A PASTORAL LETTER | 31 |
| LETTER VI. | |
| SOCIETY.—HOUSES AND SERVANTS | 36 |
| LETTER VII. | |
| A YOUNG COLONIST.—THE TOWN AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD | 46 |
| LETTER VIII. | |
| PLEASANT DAYS AT ILAM | 51page x |
| LETTER IX. | |
| DEATH IN OUR NEW HOME.—NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN | 56 |
| LETTER X. | |
| OUR STATION HOME | 61 |
| LETTER XI. | |
| HOUSEKEEPING, AND OTHER MATTERS | 68 |
| LETTER XII. | |
| MY FIRST EXPEDITION | 75 |
| LETTER XIII. | |
| BACHELOR HOSPITALITY.—A GALE ON SHORE | 81 |
| LETTER XIV. | |
| A CHRISTMAS PICNIC, AND OTHER DOINGS | 90 |
| LETTER XV. | |
| EVERYDAY STATION LIFE | 105 |
| LETTER XVI. | |
| A SAILING EXCURSION ON LAKE COLERIDGE | 114 |
| LETTER XVII. | |
| MY FIRST AND LAST EXPERIENCE OF “CAMPING OUT” | 124 |
| LETTER XVIII. | |
| A JOURNEY “DOWN SOUTH” | 137page xi |
| LETTER XIX. | |
| A CHRISTENING GATHERING.—THE FATE OF DICK | 148 |
| LETTER XX. | |
| THE NEW ZEALAND SNOW-STORM OF 1867 | 156 |
| LETTER XXI. | |
| WILD CATTLE HUNTING IN THE KOWHAI BUSH | 175 |
| LETTER XXII. | |
| THE EXCEEDING JOY OF “BURNING” | 194 |
| LETTER XXIII. | |
| CONCERNING A GREAT FLOOD | 208 |
| LETTER XXIV. | |
| MY ONLY FALL FROM HORSEBACK | 222 |
| LETTER XXV. | |
| HOW WE LOST OUR HORSES AND HAD TO WALK HOME | 228 |
| A Sheep Station in Canterbury, N.Z. | Frontispiece |
