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 89
... covered with fern , weeds , brush , and woods ; and the natives are covered with lice and filth to the last degree ; and withal a proud , savage , obstinate , and cruel race of cannibals . " The " tapu " or tabboo is a ceremony common ...
... covered with fern , weeds , brush , and woods ; and the natives are covered with lice and filth to the last degree ; and withal a proud , savage , obstinate , and cruel race of cannibals . " The " tapu " or tabboo is a ceremony common ...
Page 110
... covered with fern , and sloping upwards with several brows or terraces . Mr. Thomp- son , Captain Wakefield , Mr. Richardson , Mr. How- ard , Mr. Brooks , the interpreter , and three constables , having crossed the creek by means of a ...
... covered with fern , and sloping upwards with several brows or terraces . Mr. Thomp- son , Captain Wakefield , Mr. Richardson , Mr. How- ard , Mr. Brooks , the interpreter , and three constables , having crossed the creek by means of a ...
Page 145
... covered from head to foot with beauti- ful clothes , while we wear nothing but a girdle of leaves . Their axes are so hard and sharp , that with them we can easily fell our trees , but with our stone axes we must dub , dub , dub , day ...
... covered from head to foot with beauti- ful clothes , while we wear nothing but a girdle of leaves . Their axes are so hard and sharp , that with them we can easily fell our trees , but with our stone axes we must dub , dub , dub , day ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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