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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... gave me birth . Allow me only to add , that it gave me the most heartfelt satisfaction , when sojourning in vi some of the more remote parts of the habitable CHAPTER.
... gave me birth . Allow me only to add , that it gave me the most heartfelt satisfaction , when sojourning in vi some of the more remote parts of the habitable CHAPTER.
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... gave prayers every night in the cabin , while the steerage passengers gave prayers among themselves . We , who were in the cabin , or cuddy , as it is generally called at sea , consisting of nineteen individuals , * fared sumptuously ...
... gave prayers every night in the cabin , while the steerage passengers gave prayers among themselves . We , who were in the cabin , or cuddy , as it is generally called at sea , consisting of nineteen individuals , * fared sumptuously ...
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... gave the " Colonial Secretary , " who made a neat reply ; Mr. Mason gave " the com- missioners of claims to grants of land , " when Colonel Godfrey , one of the commissioners , displayed his usual eloquence ; Mr. Coates gave " Captain ...
... gave the " Colonial Secretary , " who made a neat reply ; Mr. Mason gave " the com- missioners of claims to grants of land , " when Colonel Godfrey , one of the commissioners , displayed his usual eloquence ; Mr. Coates gave " Captain ...
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CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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