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 87
... regard to this additional feature in their character , namely , ingratitude , I observe that Mr. E. J. Wakefield states , in his description of a hostile meeting of two tribes on the Wanganui river , that the missionaries there assured ...
... regard to this additional feature in their character , namely , ingratitude , I observe that Mr. E. J. Wakefield states , in his description of a hostile meeting of two tribes on the Wanganui river , that the missionaries there assured ...
Page 119
... regard to the late catastrophe , may be gathered from the following extracts taken from the reply of the officer administering the government , ( previous to the arrival of Captain Fitzroy , the present governor , ) to the deputation ...
... regard to the late catastrophe , may be gathered from the following extracts taken from the reply of the officer administering the government , ( previous to the arrival of Captain Fitzroy , the present governor , ) to the deputation ...
Page 155
... regard to the second , most people seem averse to follow the advice of that benevolent and enlightened philosopher the late Dr. Malthus , whose celebrated work on the principles of population goes to show the extreme importance of the ...
... regard to the second , most people seem averse to follow the advice of that benevolent and enlightened philosopher the late Dr. Malthus , whose celebrated work on the principles of population goes to show the extreme importance of the ...
Contents
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CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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