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Charles Thomson, Mrs Charles Thomson,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books LLC Books Books Twelve-Years-in-Canterbury-New-Zealand~~Charles-Thomson General Books LLC Pur… Mehr…

Charles Thomson, Mrs Charles Thomson,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books LLC Books Books Twelve-Years-in-Canterbury-New-Zealand~~Charles-Thomson General Books LLC Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. FROM CHRISTCIIURCn TO WELLINGTON?THE HUTT?LOSS OF THE " CITY OP DUNEDIN " STEAJIEll?PICTON?NELSON? WRECK OF THE " LOED WORSLEY" STEAMER. Wirnix little moro than a month after my return from Dunedin, I again took a sad, and perhaps last farewell of Christchureh. Some very dear friends, whe had resolved to accompany mo into port, and sco the last of me, preferred the fatigues of the bridle-path to the dangers of the zig-zag; and we therefore all proceeded together by the railroad to the Hcathcotc Valley, where public carnages (carts) are always in waiting to take passengers on to the foot of the hill; and having availed ourselves of seats in one of theso so far, wo afterwards commenced the ascent on foot. As we went on our journey, wo met the Bishep of New Zealand (Selwyn), and other bisheps and elergymen from the different dioceses, all wending their way wearily over the hill, to attend the meeting of the General Synod, then about to assemble in Christchureh. Arrived at the top of the hill, and looking towards the sea, we saw the " Airdale" steamer (which was to bear mo away) come into port and make fast to the jetty; it was the same vessel in which I had previously gone to The " Airdalo" was formerly Lord Cardigan's yacht. Ho had it with him at the Crimea, and is said always to have slept on board it at that time. It is still generally known by the iiame of " the yacht." Dunedin. Descending the lull into Lyttelton, we, after resting and dining at a hetel, went forth again, and procured my ticket for Manukau (Auckland), then on board the "Airdale," to secure a berth. Only just in time. Found it was likely to bo very erowded, and was nearly full already. We made the most of the next morning, the last wo sheuld spend together, My friend's husband having p...<