AUGUSTUS EARLE
Reading edition
DRAUGHTSMAN TO HIS MAJESTY'S SURVEYING SHIP
"THE BEAGLE."
Whitecombe & Tombs Limited
Christchurch, Wellington, and Dunedin, N.Z.;
Melbourne and London
1909
A New Zealand War Speech. (From a sketch by A. Earle.
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY
WRECKS AT HOKIANGA
CHAPTER II
MAORI WELCOME
NATIVE CHARACTERISTICS
EUROPEANS AT HOKIANGA
CANNIBALISM
CHAPTER III
A MAORI VILLAGE
THE TAPU ON CROPS
MAORI ART
CHAPTER IV
HOKIANGA RIVER
MR. HOBBS' MISSION
THE TIMBER INDUSTRY
CHAPTER V
AN OVERLAND JOURNEY
CHAPTER VI
THE CHIEF PATUONE
CHAPTER VII
A PICTURESQUE SCENE
CHAPTER VIII
IN THE DENSE FOREST
CHAPTER IX
THE KERIKERI MISSION
INHOSPITABLE RECEPTION
CHAPTER X
THE BAY OF ISLANDS
CHAPTER XI
MASSACRE OF THE BOYD
CHAPTER XII
KORORAREKA
A MIXED COMMUNITY
SHULITEA (KING GEORGE)
CHAPTER XIII
MAORI CONSERVATISM
CHAPTER XIV
A MISSION SETTLEMENT
THE MECHANIC MISSIONARY
CHAPTER XV
VISIT FROM HONGI
HONGI'S COAT OF MAIL
CHAPTER XVI
INTERVIEW WITH HONGI
CHAPTER XVII
A MAORI WELCOME
CHAPTER XVIII
INLAND EXCURSIONS
CHAPTER XIX
MAORI WOMEN'S CAMP
CHAPTER XX
LOADING SPARS, HOKIANGA
CHAPTER XXI
DEATH OF A CHIEF
TRADING WITH MAORIS
CHAPTER XXII
BRUTAL MURDER OF A WIFE
CHAPTER XXIII
ANOTHER JOURNEY
INTERIOR OF THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER XXIV
A WAR PARTY
CHAPTER XXV
HOSTILE DISPLAY
THE LAW OF MURU
CHAPTER XXVI
A SEDUCTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER XXVII
LAW OF RETALIATION
CHAPTER XXVIII
A WAR EXPEDITION
CANNIBALISM
CHAPTER XXIX
MAORI SLAVERY
CHAPTER XXX
PIRACY BY CONVICTS
CHAPTER XXXI
N.Z. CLIMATE
THE STARVATION CURE
CHAPTER XXXII
THE ART OF TATTOOING
CHAPTER XXXIII
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT
MAORI BELIEFS
THE CUSTOM OF TAPU
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE
MASSACRE OF FRENCH NAVIGATOR MARION AND PARTY
CHAPTER XXXIV
THE MAORIS' VIEW OF CHRISTIANITY
CHAPTER XXXV
HONGI'S THREATS
PREPARING FOR WAR
CHAPTER XXXVI
ARRIVAL OF A WARSHIP
CHAPTER XXXVII
WHALERS AND MISSIONARIES
CHAPTER XXXVIII
THREATENED WAR
CHAPTER XXXIX
CONSTRUCTION OF A PA
CHAPTER XL
A SHAM FIGHT
CHAPTER XLI
AN EXCITING INCIDENT
VISIT OF A GREAT TOHUNGA
CHAPTER XLII
VICTORIOUS WARRIORS
TREATMENT OF PRISONERS
BAKED HEADS
CHAPTER XLIII
VISITS OF WHALERS
CHAPTER XLIV
SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS
CHAPTER XLV
DEATH OF HONGI
CHAPTER XLVI
A TRIBAL CONFLICT
SHULITEA (KING GEORGE) KILLED
CHAPTER XLVII
EXCITEMENT AT KORORAREKA
CHAPTER XLVIII
EARLE'S FAREWELL
MISSIONARIES ALARMED
CHAPTER XLIX
JOURNEY TO HOKIANGA
CHAPTER L
EUROPEAN DEFENCES
MR. HOBBS' MESSAGE OF PEACE
CHAPTER LI
MAORI SOCIAL CUSTOMS
EUROPEAN LIAISONS WITH MAORIS
MAORI MARRIAGES
CHAPTER LII
A MAORI TANGI
CHAPTER LIII
MAORI CHARACTERISTICS
ORIGIN OF OUTRAGES
FAMILY AFFECTION
CHAPTER LIV
TRADE OF HOKIANGA
CHAPTER LV
A CREW MASSACRED
CHAPTER LVI
FAREWELL TO NEW ZEALAND
MAORIS IN SYDNEY
APPENDIX I
MASSACRE OF FURNEAUX'S BOAT'S CREW
CANNIBALISM
APPENDIX II
A TRIBAL FIGHT