Sir,- Those who have studiedRoman History, shall we say, know that the proof of legend is the diversity of reports of the same thing. In the article on Arawata Bill in The Listener of July 20, I find this sentence: "Arawata Bill says Mrs. Mackenzie, always travelled alone, without even a dog for company." The night before I read this, I was reading In Search of Central Otago, by G. Hugh Sumpter. On page 82 the author states: "Arawata Bill’s only companion was his faithful horse, which was with him for nearly twenty years." The Roman historian. Livy boldly chooses (with reasons) his version of a story. I copy Livy, I choose the "horse" version of Arawata Bill as being (to me) more dramatic and more moving. Anyway, Arawata Bill is already a
legend,
E.M.
D.
(Christchurch). €
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 733, 31 July 1953, Page 5
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