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 43
... leaving only £ 1 , 2s . to provide clothing and food for himself , his wife , and family . Were he to have used , for in- stance , eight pounds weight of potatoes for his own share , his wife seven , and his three children , ( the ...
... leaving only £ 1 , 2s . to provide clothing and food for himself , his wife , and family . Were he to have used , for in- stance , eight pounds weight of potatoes for his own share , his wife seven , and his three children , ( the ...
Page 153
... one or other must go ; just as sailors , in time of shipwreck , save themselves by pushing off in the boat , and leaving the passengers to their fate , H They have no dislike whatever to the passengers , and NEW ZEALAND . 153.
... one or other must go ; just as sailors , in time of shipwreck , save themselves by pushing off in the boat , and leaving the passengers to their fate , H They have no dislike whatever to the passengers , and NEW ZEALAND . 153.
Page 160
... leaving them to recover the best way they can ; the immolation of widows on the death of their husbands , and cutting their flesh , and tattooing or printing their bodies ; and these com- bined , seem to leave no doubt that they came ...
... leaving them to recover the best way they can ; the immolation of widows on the death of their husbands , and cutting their flesh , and tattooing or printing their bodies ; and these com- bined , seem to leave no doubt that they came ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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