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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... hand ; Once more the gallant Lawyer ‡ mounts his guard , Prepar'd for fight in yonder savage land . And now the Butcher takes his wonted stroll , ' Midst pigs and fowls that know full well his tread ; Or stopping , listens to some story ...
... hand ; Once more the gallant Lawyer ‡ mounts his guard , Prepar'd for fight in yonder savage land . And now the Butcher takes his wonted stroll , ' Midst pigs and fowls that know full well his tread ; Or stopping , listens to some story ...
Page 71
... hand- some as the men , and , though treated with great kind- ness , are burdened with the greater part of the heavy work , such as cultivating the fields , carrying wood and provisions from their distant plantations , & c . One of the ...
... hand- some as the men , and , though treated with great kind- ness , are burdened with the greater part of the heavy work , such as cultivating the fields , carrying wood and provisions from their distant plantations , & c . One of the ...
Page 127
... hands of a parcel of excited savages , had not only all muskets in their hands , but were provided with bayonets also , as John Miller expressly depones , " that Mr. Howard called out to the men to fix their bayonets and come to the ...
... hands of a parcel of excited savages , had not only all muskets in their hands , but were provided with bayonets also , as John Miller expressly depones , " that Mr. Howard called out to the men to fix their bayonets and come to the ...
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CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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