y separately published work icon The Ballad of Pelorus Jack single work   poetry   "Pelorus Sound is long and deep"
Issue Details: First known date: 1947... 1947 The Ballad of Pelorus Jack
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Macnab recounts in verse the legend of the dolphin, Pelorus Jack, famous for appearing beside sailing vessels travelling the waters of French Pass between the North and South Islands of New Zealand in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and guiding them through the treacherous waters.

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