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 31
... river Hokianga ; where their numbers , in- cluding an unusual number of children , now amount to a 1000 , including natives . The country all round that quarter is in their hands ; their fields of corn and potatoes are very extensive ...
... river Hokianga ; where their numbers , in- cluding an unusual number of children , now amount to a 1000 , including natives . The country all round that quarter is in their hands ; their fields of corn and potatoes are very extensive ...
Page 66
... river Wanganui , about four miles from its embouchure in Cook's Straits . The river there is about 1000 feet in width , with an average depth of two fathoms at low water ; but as it is a bar harbour , no vessel drawing more than eight ...
... river Wanganui , about four miles from its embouchure in Cook's Straits . The river there is about 1000 feet in width , with an average depth of two fathoms at low water ; but as it is a bar harbour , no vessel drawing more than eight ...
Page 166
... river Hutia and the middle of a swamp , in a direct line to the river Waitangi , above the fall ; on the south by the river Waitangi ; on the west by the top of the range of hills stretching from the river Waitangi , over the hills ...
... river Hutia and the middle of a swamp , in a direct line to the river Waitangi , above the fall ; on the south by the river Waitangi ; on the west by the top of the range of hills stretching from the river Waitangi , over the hills ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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