. The Land of the Lyre bird; a story of early settlement in the great forest of south Gippsland. Being a description of the Big Scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardship of its early explorers and prospectors; also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement, and development of the country . estbrother, John, was sent for a bucket of water. When he returned he madesome remark about the roots of this tree lifting up. but no attention was paidto the matter. A few minutes later there came a terrific crash as if athunderbolt had dropped on th
. The Land of the Lyre bird; a story of early settlement in the great forest of south Gippsland. Being a description of the Big Scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardship of its early explorers and prospectors; also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement, and development of the country . estbrother, John, was sent for a bucket of water. When he returned he madesome remark about the roots of this tree lifting up. but no attention was paidto the matter. A few minutes later there came a terrific crash as if athunderbolt had dropped on the house, but the only evidence we had inthe room was that one of the rafters had split from to]) to bottom and fallenon the floor, fortunately without hurtiiig anyone. The three bedrooms laybetween the dining room and the tree, and when the door was opened Avefound that my mothers bedroom had been com])letely Avi-ecked. and the restof the rooms had miraculously escaped, except that the roofing iron Avas bat-tered. The tree was between three and four feet in thickness, and was mostlydecomposed sodden Avood. Had it been six feet longer the Avhole house andfamily Avould have been pulped. My mothei-s room Avas nothing but a Avreckof smashed tree and biiildin<r. and tlie four iron leas of tlie bedstead Avere RECOLLECTIONS ASU EXPERFENCL Ki:. A \\.\ci.\<; TitifK the storm ki.\(;. In a gnle. a hip- trre was IpIdwii (1ii\\ii. ami. fallinj; across a stiimp, bridce off at Iach oiuland left :.Ott. of the fenti-o halaiiccil as shown. driven llnoiiiili the -awn hardwood iioor. It a iciuarkable coincidence thaiit was not on;-e ii< months that n\y mother sat at breakfast with the resliof the family, yet on this particnhir morninir she iiad ])ro\i(lentially left herroom and joinec] the others at l)reakfast; Another experience with a tiee befel us at Arawata in Sei^temher. had ei-ected a camp to cut scrub, and usually worked there lurinn theweek, and walivcd liom
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