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
... land . You must not believe half what the papers say in England respecting us . They tell you that the land you buy will be given out in a few weeks after you arrive ; which land , at the same time , is scarcely found , much less ...
... land . You must not believe half what the papers say in England respecting us . They tell you that the land you buy will be given out in a few weeks after you arrive ; which land , at the same time , is scarcely found , much less ...
Page 120
... land in the valley of the Wairoa , and , but for the recent fatal collision , all claims in that district would in all probability at this moment have been disposed of . " His Excellency deems it proper now to inform you , that the New ...
... land in the valley of the Wairoa , and , but for the recent fatal collision , all claims in that district would in all probability at this moment have been disposed of . " His Excellency deems it proper now to inform you , that the New ...
Page 165
... land forty miles square , for £ 200 , so that he must have intended to have become a New Zealand chieftain , and to have eclipsed the native chiefs altogether . The next is that of " William Wright , and William S. Grahame , merchants ...
... land forty miles square , for £ 200 , so that he must have intended to have become a New Zealand chieftain , and to have eclipsed the native chiefs altogether . The next is that of " William Wright , and William S. Grahame , merchants ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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