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 59
... given out in a few weeks after you arrive ; which land , at the same time , is scarcely found , much less surveyed . I have not yet had the land I bought ; neither have I been able to get any employment ; there are so many waiting in ...
... given out in a few weeks after you arrive ; which land , at the same time , is scarcely found , much less surveyed . I have not yet had the land I bought ; neither have I been able to get any employment ; there are so many waiting in ...
Page 145
... given to his white wor- shippers these valuable things , must be wiser than our gods , for they have not given the like to us We all want these articles , and my proposition is , that the God who gave them should be our God . ” — This ...
... given to his white wor- shippers these valuable things , must be wiser than our gods , for they have not given the like to us We all want these articles , and my proposition is , that the God who gave them should be our God . ” — This ...
Page 163
... given for it , of whatever nature that might have been , had to be specially stated in the claim given in , and the whole was then inserted in the Government Gazette . Mr. Oakes of the M'Leay River , New South Wales , I observe ...
... given for it , of whatever nature that might have been , had to be specially stated in the claim given in , and the whole was then inserted in the Government Gazette . Mr. Oakes of the M'Leay River , New South Wales , I observe ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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