Tutira The Story Of A New Zealand Sheep Station (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt From Tutira The Story Of A New Zealand Sheep Station So Vast And So Rapid Have Been The Alterations Which Have Occurred In New Zealand During The Past Forty Years, That Even Those Who, Like Myself, Have Noted Them Day By Day, Find It Difficult To Connect Past And Present - The Pleasant Past So Completely Obliterated, The Changeful Present So Full Of Possibility. These Alterations Are Not Traceable Merely In The Fauna, Avifauna, And ora Of The Dominion, Nor Are They Only To Be Noted On The Physical Surface Of The Countryside: More Profound, They Permeate The Whole Outlook In Regard To Agriculture, Stock-Raising, And Land Tenure. The Story Of Tutira Is The Record Of Such Change Noted On One Sheep-Station In One Province. Should Its Pages Be Found To Contain Matter Of Any Permanent Interest, It Will Be Owing To The Fact That The Life Portrayed Has For Ever Vanished, The Conditions Sketched Passed Away Beyond Recall. A Virgin Countryside Cannot Be Restocked; The Vicissitudes Of Its Pioneers Cannot Be Re-Enacted; Its Invasion By Alien Plants, Animals, And Birds Cannot Be Repeated; Its Ancient Vegetation Cannot Be Resuscitated, - The Words Terra Incognita Have Been Expunged From The Map Of Little New Zealand. About The Publisher Forgotten Books Publishes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rare And Classic Books. Find More At This Book Is A Reproduction Of An Important Historical Work. Forgotten Books Uses State-Of-The-Art Technology To Digitally Reconstruct The Work, Preserving The Original Format Whilst Repairing Imperfections Present In The Aged Copy. In Rare Cases, An Imperfection In The Original, Such As A Blemish Or Missing Page, May Be Replicated In Our Edition. We Do, However, Repair The Vast Majority Of Imperfections Successfully; Any Imperfections That Remain Are Intentionally Left To Preserve The State Of Such Historical Works.