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 69
... population . " This population , including the Germans , who lately arrived , now amounts to 3000 . In the Middle Island there is another thriving settlement called Akaroa , in Bank's Peninsula , where there is a tolerable harbour ...
... population . " This population , including the Germans , who lately arrived , now amounts to 3000 . In the Middle Island there is another thriving settlement called Akaroa , in Bank's Peninsula , where there is a tolerable harbour ...
Page 70
... population now settled in New Zealand , may be stated pretty nearly as follows : - Port Nicholson , including Wellington , Petoni , and Aglionby , Auckland , and the Waitemata District , Nelson , including 200 Germans , 6000 3000 • 3000 ...
... population now settled in New Zealand , may be stated pretty nearly as follows : - Port Nicholson , including Wellington , Petoni , and Aglionby , Auckland , and the Waitemata District , Nelson , including 200 Germans , 6000 3000 • 3000 ...
Page 156
... population , infinitely preferable , they must no doubt think , to the fourth and last expedient , namely , bringing up their offspring in misery while young , to be starved perhaps alto- gether at the last . Now it is well known that ...
... population , infinitely preferable , they must no doubt think , to the fourth and last expedient , namely , bringing up their offspring in misery while young , to be starved perhaps alto- gether at the last . Now it is well known that ...
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Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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