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Barry Morton is hunting illegally for the white tahr on Lilybank. Upon returning to his wellconcealed secret camp Morton discovers a young woman bathing in a hot pool, a pool he believed was known only to members of his family. The story is set throughout the Mackenzie country, and includes a plot to kill the Israeli prime minister at Mt John.
Spanning fifty years of hunting all over the world, this is the story of the author's hunt for each trophy now hanging on the walls of his trophy room.
New to College three boys discover sport is compulsory every Wednesday afternoon. Not liking team sports they elect to play golf as their summer sport, mountain biking for the winter. Helped by local golf club members they enjoy their summer golf. It is in the winter that they discover the bikes they ride to school are totally unsuitable for off-road biking. A Plan is decided to fund the purchase of three mountain bikes, the parents of the three boys become involved. With their mountain bikes the trio explore hill country farms high above their Village. It is late one afternoon that they discover Rabbit Gully. Rabbit hunting becomes their new passion, but they are uncertain the farmer, or their parents, will approve. Perhaps they should keep their rabbit hunting activities to themselves? 'The Secret Golf Club', membership of three, is formed. With the aid of one of the boy's grandfather the trio become more and more skilled as rabbit hunters, but, for how long will they be able to keep their weekend activities secret?
"Here we have a portfolio of short stories spanning over seventy-five years of the author's outdoor experiences, beginning with a fishing trip with his maternal grandfather at the age of seven years, ending with him catching his biggest trout, aged eighty-one."--Publisher's description.
In the first section of this work, ten scholars examine E.W. Godwin's life and career, discussing his diverse contributions as a design reformer. The second section presents a fully annotated selection of over 150 items that represent the formation and flowering of Godwin's oeuvre.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Australians formed what was known as acclimatisation societies" to “enhance their barren forests” and released red and fallow deer from Europe and sambar and hog deer fromAsia, as well as rabbits, hares, and foxes from various locales. Meanwhile, pigs, camels, horses, donkeys, Asian buffalo, and banteng brought to Australia by farmers and others escaped and reproduced without large predators to control them.
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