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 25
... young man and a young woman , insisted on accompanying me , and taking hold of my arm . Had I been twenty stone instead of fifteen , I actually believe they would have worshipped me as a deity . Previous to this I used sometimes to ...
... young man and a young woman , insisted on accompanying me , and taking hold of my arm . Had I been twenty stone instead of fifteen , I actually believe they would have worshipped me as a deity . Previous to this I used sometimes to ...
Page 27
... young native , or Maori girl , for his housekeeper , whom he had engaged in some measure from necessity , and the necessity was this . When he first arrived , there were only five or six English at Port Nicholson , and one of the tribes ...
... young native , or Maori girl , for his housekeeper , whom he had engaged in some measure from necessity , and the necessity was this . When he first arrived , there were only five or six English at Port Nicholson , and one of the tribes ...
Page 57
... young person went thither with my cor- dial approbation and concurrence ; for , in my humble judgment , a young man with active body and vigor- ous understanding , who has his fortune to make , can- not seek it in a better manner than ...
... young person went thither with my cor- dial approbation and concurrence ; for , in my humble judgment , a young man with active body and vigor- ous understanding , who has his fortune to make , can- not seek it in a better manner than ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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