Early Runholding in Otago

No signatures. Foxing to spine. Some rusting to staples. ; 158, [2] pages + plates. Printed green paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 218 x 138mm. Contents: The Fascination of Runholding; The Country in Its Primitive State; Difficulties, Dangers, and Adversities; Drawbacks and Disadvantages; Horses on the Runs; Cattle on the Runs; Sheep on the Runs; Different Nationalities on our Runs; Floods, Severe Winters, and Fatalities; Anecdotes, Nicknames, and Devotional; The Puketoi Station Diary; Wild Life, Stock, and Sport; Roads, Places, and Bush; A Mixed Bag; Gold-diggers, Station-hands, and Others; The Diary and the Kennards; Miscellany; Visitors to the Run; First Attempts at Pastoralism; Runholding and Officaldom; The Passage of the Years; Later Official Energies; Flotsam and Jetsam.; 8vo

Product Info

Publisher: Printed By the Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co.

Year: 1947

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

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