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 47
... remark that was made during the whole evening . The next toast , " Mrs. Hobson , and the Ladies of New Zealand , " was proposed by the Attor- ney - General , and responded to by the Governor , who afterwards retired . Now as the dinner ...
... remark that was made during the whole evening . The next toast , " Mrs. Hobson , and the Ladies of New Zealand , " was proposed by the Attor- ney - General , and responded to by the Governor , who afterwards retired . Now as the dinner ...
Page 50
... remark on this subject “ Auckland , in the course of years , must become the chief colony , for here nature has done ... remarks of Messrs . Thorp & Wood , I am still of opinion , that Port Nicholson was perhaps the place best adapted ...
... remark on this subject “ Auckland , in the course of years , must become the chief colony , for here nature has done ... remarks of Messrs . Thorp & Wood , I am still of opinion , that Port Nicholson was perhaps the place best adapted ...
Page 51
... remark , " Under these circumstances , the extreme incon- venience of placing the seat of government on the peninsula at the northern extremity of New Zealand , must be apparent to every one . If Captain Hobson , had been sent to New ...
... remark , " Under these circumstances , the extreme incon- venience of placing the seat of government on the peninsula at the northern extremity of New Zealand , must be apparent to every one . If Captain Hobson , had been sent to New ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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