Travels in New Zealand: With a Map of the CountryCapper Press, 1973 - 174 pages Majoribanks, a Scottish writer, arrived in New Zealand in 1840. He describes the Boyd and Wairau massacres, and Maori cannibalism. |
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Page 31
... amount to a 1000 , including natives . The country all round that quarter is in their hands ; their fields of corn and potatoes are very extensive , though chiefly cul- tivated for their own consumption ; their rich pasture lands are ...
... amount to a 1000 , including natives . The country all round that quarter is in their hands ; their fields of corn and potatoes are very extensive , though chiefly cul- tivated for their own consumption ; their rich pasture lands are ...
Page 70
... amount to about a thouand , they will soon become of great use to the settlers . The whole British population now settled in New Zealand , may be stated pretty nearly as follows : - Port Nicholson , including Wellington , Petoni , and ...
... amount to about a thouand , they will soon become of great use to the settlers . The whole British population now settled in New Zealand , may be stated pretty nearly as follows : - Port Nicholson , including Wellington , Petoni , and ...
Page 103
... amount . One of the Church of England missionary catechists , Mr. Fairburn , laid claim to a tract of country near Auckland , extending to about thirty square miles , not a bad estate for a missionary , though the commissioners have ...
... amount . One of the Church of England missionary catechists , Mr. Fairburn , laid claim to a tract of country near Auckland , extending to about thirty square miles , not a bad estate for a missionary , though the commissioners have ...
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CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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