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W. H. Hudson. Far Away and Long Ago
Far Away and Long Ago
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I EARLIEST MEMORIES
CHAPTER II MY NEW HOME
CHAPTER III DEATH OF AN OLD DOG
CHAPTER IV THE PLANTATION
CHAPTER V ASPECTS OF THE PLAIN
CHAPTER VI SOME BIRD ADVENTURES
CHAPTER VII MY FIRST VISIT TO BUENOS AYRES
CHAPTER VIII THE TYRANT'S FALL AND WHAT FOLLOWED
CHAPTER IX OUR NEIGHBOURS AT THE POPLARS
CHAPTER X OUR NEAREST ENGLISH NEIGHBOUR
CHAPTER XI A BREEDER OF PIEBALDS
CHAPTER XII THE HEAD OF A DECAYED HOUSE
CHAPTER XIII A PATRIARCH OF THE PAMPAS
CHAPTER XIV THE DOVECOTE
CHAPTER XV SERPENT AND CHILD
CHAPTER XVI A SERPENT MYSTERY
CHAPTER XVII A BOY'S ANIMISM
CHAPTER XVIII THE NEW SCHOOLMASTER
CHAPTER XIX BROTHERS
CHAPTER XX BIRDING IN THE MARSHES
CHAPTER XXI WILD-FOWLING ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XXII BOYHOOD'S END
CHAPTER XXIII A DARKENED LIFE
CHAPTER XXIV LOSS AND GAIN
CHAPTER I
EARLIEST MEMORIES
CHAPTER II
MY NEW HOME
CHAPTER III
DEATH OF AN OLD DOG
CHAPTER IV
THE PLANTATION
CHAPTER V
ASPECTS OF THE PLAIN
CHAPTER VI
SOME BIRD ADVENTURES
CHAPTER VII
MY FIRST VISIT TO BUENOS AYRES
CHAPTER VIII
THE TYRANT'S FALL AND WHAT FOLLOWED
CHAPTER IX
OUR NEIGHBOURS AT THE POPLARS
CHAPTER X
OUR NEAREST ENGLISH NEIGHBOUR
CHAPTER XI
A BREEDER OF PIEBALDS
CHAPTER XII
THE HEAD OF A DECAYED HOUSE
CHAPTER XIII
A PATRIARCH OF THE PAMPAS
CHAPTER XIV
THE DOVECOTE
CHAPTER XV
SERPENT AND CHILD
CHAPTER XVI
A SERPENT MYSTERY
CHAPTER XVII
A BOY'S ANIMISM
CHAPTER XVIII
THE NEW SCHOOLMASTER
CHAPTER XIX
BROTHERS
CHAPTER XX
BIRDING IN THE MARSHES
CHAPTER XXI
WILD-FOWLING ADVENTURES
CHAPTER XXII
BOYHOOD'S END
CHAPTER XXIII
A DARKENED LIFE
CHAPTER XXIV
LOSS AND GAIN
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W. H. Hudson
A History of My Early Life
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He very soon proved to us that he understood children as well as sheep; at all events he would allow them to tease and pull him about most unmercifully, and actually appeared to enjoy it. Our first riding-lessons were taken on his back; but old Pechicho eventually made one mistake, after which he was relieved from the labour of carrying us. When I was about four years old, my two elder brothers, in the character of riding-masters, set me on his back, and, in order to test my capacity for sticking on under difficulties, they rushed away, calling him. The old dog, infected with the pretended excitement, bounded after them, and I was thrown and had my leg broken, for, as the poet says—
Children, they are very little,
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