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An encounter with a Wild Man in Southland

SANDY AND THE MAEROERO. In some notes which Mr. James Cowan kindly gave to the collector to make use of as desired, occurs the story of Sandy’s shooting expedition. The collector was also told this tale, but as Mr. Cowan’s … Continue reading

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Fairy Horsemen

From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘The Coming of the Faeries‘ 1921 The wide distribution of the fairies may be judged by the following extremely inter- esting narrative from Mrs. Hardy, the wife of a settler in the Maori districts of New … Continue reading

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