Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 252William Blackwood, 1942 |
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Page 318
... south - west of the South Island . No more was ever heard of these , and thus the first experiment proved a failure . On his second voyage he shipped four sheep at the Cape of Good Hope for liberation in New Zealand . Two died during ...
... south - west of the South Island . No more was ever heard of these , and thus the first experiment proved a failure . On his second voyage he shipped four sheep at the Cape of Good Hope for liberation in New Zealand . Two died during ...
Page 320
... South Island , and disappeared . Then almost within a year or so , about 1874 , they started to increase until they rapidly became a plague , taking possession of huge areas of country stocked with sheep , and eat- ing it out until the ...
... South Island , and disappeared . Then almost within a year or so , about 1874 , they started to increase until they rapidly became a plague , taking possession of huge areas of country stocked with sheep , and eat- ing it out until the ...
Page 323
... South Island . Nothing further has been heard of these , and it may confidently be assumed that they have died out . The sambur was imported by private enterprise in the early ' seventies , ' and placed on open downy country near the ...
... South Island . Nothing further has been heard of these , and it may confidently be assumed that they have died out . The sambur was imported by private enterprise in the early ' seventies , ' and placed on open downy country near the ...
Contents
A CHANNEL PASSAGE BY R G A | 60 |
A DEAD LEESHORE BY CAPTAIN FRANK H SHAW | 163 |
A SOLDIER OF OLD INDIA BY J CHARTRES MOLONY | 192 |
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