STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT.

AUCKLAND, SATUEDAY, AUGUST 27. 1881

EARLY SKETCHES OF NEW ZEALAND.

No. 11. CHOOSING THE SITE OF NEW PLYMOUTH.

General sympathy throughout Port Nicholson was felt for Colonel Wakefield, who had actively set himself to work out the business in tentions of the enterprise in a spirit of liberality, and with the display of gentlemanly and busi ness-like qualities. Of every one hundred pounds purchase 75 per cent, was to be appro priated for survey, management of lands, and immigration, and a tenth part of the township reserved for the natives, priority of choice of all sold lands to be determined by ballot. For a business venture the details were considered to be digested in a fair and impartial manner, but the head-quarters of the Government, having been selected at the northern end of the island, tended to overthrow the project that had been so much struggled over with the Home Govern, tment, who had to grasp the rampant dflicul ties which arose from an intermixture of New- South Wales element with the newly trained ideas of a large native population at the northern part of New Zealand. But the gravest obstacle to their pro gress lay in having to gain from practical experience the acquirement of land from Maori owners, wherein existed difficulties never pre viously anticipated by their advisers, or from culpable negligence of reports. The natives themselves held possession by right of conquest and settlement, and no act of the British Go vernment would have been sanctioned to obtain such a tenure of occupation, even if the com pany had been in a position, to proceed with an armed force adequate for conquest and long course of feud, which would have merely propagated the Maori statute of extermination by cannibalism, a process which the Govern ment were fully aware of, by reports through New South Wales of hundreds and thousands of natives being so extirpated up to the time of the company's deliberations over founding a settlement in New Zealand. Unforseen difficulties and disappointments were evidently retrograding the settlement of Wellington into what was designated "a mess;" and notwithstanding consoling assur ances that Port Nicholson was the best locality for settlement, Messrs Nugent, Mordaunt, and Bellew, about the beginning of January, 1841, took passages in the barque Brougham for Taranaki, where the natives were said to be extirpated, to be at the choosing of the site of New Plymouth; the lands duly purchased by, and under the auspices of, a branch of the New Zealand Company, formed in Devonshire, and to be colonized chiefly from that county. The Brougham was of teak, built at Bombay fur a pilot brig, with fine lines and good old tumble in top sides—in fact, a clipper, and com manded by a man fully acquainted with her qualities, set of spars, and trim, most con ducive to her swiftness. On this occasion she was under agreement with the New Plymouth Company's agent, to proceed to Taranaki with himself and survey staff; the other passengers consisted of a few intruding settlers and a large party of whalers and their Maori wives, engaged by Mr Barrett—who owned land near the " Sugar Loaves," and owner of Barrett's Hotel at Wellington—to establish a whaling Station. This locality of Moturoa having formerly sustained, under the leadership of these people, the last seige by the future King of New Zealand and of his Warfare; of which, more anon.

COOK'S STRAITS.

The above-mentioned settlers congratulated each other upon getting out of the mountainous enclosure again of Port Nic. Passing the abrupt, scantily clothed, hills into the Straits, a north-wester came down upon us with its usual fury, testing the strength ol tack, sheet, and cleet ; close hauled, the staunch little ship plunged through the crests of the long seas, whilst below, a few voyagers were dexterously trying to dodge her motions—clattering against doors of berths, or aiming to conform them selves to the law of gravity over their dinner plates—some diving into their cabins in object acknowledgment of Neptune's sway, franti cally qualm-stricken, though some doses of champagne had arrested such seizure in the " inner men "of the initiated. One the lee bow appeared Cloudy Bay, with sullen snow top't mountains in ■ the distance, and right ahead the "Two Brothers." "Ready, about!" came the order, "helm's a lee!" and up rose the ship in the wind's eye ; " main sail haul!" and round flew the yards and clattering canvas. " Tacks and sheets 1" vociferated the captain, " let go and haul;" as he stopped to light his cigar from a coal, held by the steward. Aft came the main sheet and the spanker being eased off gradually to leeward, the graceful fabric, yielding to the pressure of the gale, dashed off towards the northern shore with giant mastery of both wind and seas. "We shall weather Poriwero," remarked the mate; " splendid lay," another one observed. "That little island off the weather bow is "Mana," purchased lately, they say, for £I,ooo—after its sale by diabolical old Rauparaha, for £300—3 first class whaling station, with some sheep pasturage." All night we thrased about from shore to shore, and in the morning, owing to the strong tide, found that we had made but little progress, forKapiti, or Entry Island, la)r to windward. The incessant " ready, about' was given, and the considerate captain ex pressed his intention to " give the ladies a spell after their night's discomfiture." The leap ing and pitching ship gradually became more and more at ease, until she slipt into the smooth surface of Queen Charlotte's Sound. "Hauled to," and "about," round " Goat's Island;" " see all clear," clear lines,' and "down hauls" were soon in activity; "all ready," "let go," away thundered the cable, and the untrimmed barque grew motion less upon the clear water of the

SHIP'S COVE.

of the indefatigable Captain Cook. Pre sently all were on deck ; parasols, telescopes, manilla hats, camp stools, sketch books, and happy children with sunny smiles ; fishing lines went over the sides, resulting in hauls of kawai, moki and schnapper; each face beamed with satisfaction. Luncheon over, parties were formed to visit the nooks and bays invitingly distributed about the Sound. Upon landing we received the salutations of two natives, who were sitting upon the yellow sand; also a young man belonging to a whaler _in the nextbav; one of the former was an interest ing half-caste—tall, well shaped, with a free and-easy gait, dark glossy hair, exceedingly fine eyes, and a frank countenance: complexion light, as if coloured by the sun. A large piece

of pounamu (or "green talc ") smoothly worked into the usual disproportionate figure of a child in sitting posture was suspended from his neck, which, with a korowai totata or tasselled mat from his shoulders, comprised the whole of his attire. Rising, he approached us with .in air of confidence and familiarity, throw ing back his head, and firmly shaking our hands; he saluted us with the usual " Tena koutou," a plural compellation. We stooped down and exchanged greetings with the old man, who had framed his limbs into a compact squareness, covered with an old mat, his head only being visible, and that was covered with course grey hair, resembling a judge's wig out of order. The deeply carved tattoos that circled over every part of a regular set of features, was begrimed with a kind of red ochre, composed of fish oil and red earth. Protruding his gaunt arm from under neath his tattooed mat, he gave us each a hearty shake of the hand, a toss of the head, with _ uplifted furrows of the brow, and a smile, shewing an even set of white teeth. Relapsing into silence, lie commenced abstract ing hairs from his chin with tweezers made of a piece of iron hoop. Thrust through his ear was a pipe stained mahogany colour by long usage ; by his side lay a piece of hard manuka, smoothly worked, resembling a broad two edged sword, having a neatly carved handle, trimmed with human hair, called a patua, generally carried as a badge of distinction, or of a warrior. The youth, not possessing the luxury of a clay pipe, was whiffing from a reed tube and shell bowl. After spending some time in unsuccessful attempts to pronounce our respective names with their stubborn conson ants, the youth gave his name as " YVairua Ma," or " Fair Spirit," and that of his matua —meaning his grandfather—" Kai Maka," or " Caster Down." In the few minutes that we stood here an assemblage of sand flies thrust their fine probes into the legs of the youngster, and although drawing blood, did not appear to concern him beyond occasionally' stooping and brushing them off by scores, The pertinacity displayed in their vampire operations was new to us; once into the cuticle nothing removed them but satiety or death ; unlike his larger brother, the mosquito, that betrays as much wariness as a house-fly. Both of these winged leeches are discomfited by the wind. The sand-fly bites sharper upon rain being near, and is a day tormenter ; the other is of the night, with an aggravating buzz—the indigenous occupation of this insect has been invaded by the Indian musquito, introduced in the northern district by the 70th Regiment. Observing us equipped for shooting, they signified this locality as abounding with birds, and we resolved to stay until the rest of the party should return on the following morning from visiting the war pah of Totaka-nui and some old European settlers at the head of the Sound. (To be continued).

The Cruise of the Pilot's Bride.

A NEW LONDON WHALER'S EXPERIENCE IN ANTARCTIC WATERS. (Front the New London, Telagram). THE cruise in the vast solitudes of the Southern Ocean just made by Capt. Fuller in the Pilot's Bride has been a most interesting one. As a' matter of fact we believe that no whaler has ever been as far south as 68deg. before. The Challenger, in her famous cruise, went in the ice through which she could steer, but no merchantman has ever before navigated that almost unknown region. Leaving the South Shetland Islands in Sep tember last, Capt. Fuller took his vessel clown to the ice packs, and there saw high, mountain ous land extending like a coast line for miles and miles. One of these mountains was an active volcano, which presented a magnificent spectacle at night. The land trended nearly north-west and south-east. Many ineffectual attempts were made to reach the shore, but all in vain, the ice barrier proving impenetrable, and it was impossible to land a party on the ice and thus reach the coast, owing to the tremendous sea running all the time, caused by the almost constant gales of wind blowing in that most inhospitable part of the globe. Perhaps a landing on the Antartic continent might be made in December or January, when the weather is mere moderate, but Capt. Fuller is of opinion that such a feat is almost im possible, as the coast is hemmed in the year round by an ice barrier, against which the sea breaks, even in moderate weather with tre mendous force. Finding no chance of getting to the land, Capt. Filler then skirted along down the ice barrier to Sandwich Land, some eight degrees further north. This island is of volcanic origin, and of no great extent. A landing was made here, and some seals were secured, but these amphibious animals have, in great part, been hunted away from this place. Sea elephants were also found at this island, and a good number killed for their oil, of which valuable commodity 540 barrells were secured.

From Sandwich land the Pilot's Bride sailed northward to Kerguelen, via the Cir cumcision Islands (two small islets). No one was at Kerguelen when Captain Fuller visited that place in January last, but he found the houses left by the British, German, and American Transit of Venus expeditions still standing, and some of them in a tolerable state of repair. The houses are small wooden ones, and were put up in 1875. The guide board left by H.M.S. Comus about a year ago. was still standing in a conspicuous point overlook ing Christmas harbour. On the board was the announcement of the captain of the Comus that he visited the island in order to pick up any shipwrecked mariners that might have been cast away, but there was nothing said about his having found any at Kerguelen. On this island there are millions of penguin eggs, which go to waste every year, but there is no guano, owing to the precipitous nature of the mountains and the quantity of rain and snow that falls, washing away the guano into the sea. From Kerguelen the Pilot's Bride left for Table Bay, where she is now lying ready for sea, it being the intention of Captain Fuller to make another cruise to the south ward of a similar character to that just com pleted. It is well to add to this brief account that forty pairs of rabbits and the twelve goats that were taken from Cape Town to Kerguelen in 187S have thrived wonderfully, the island fairly swarming with rabbits, while the goats number some hundreds. Teal duck are found about the island in large flocks, and what with roast kid and duck, and stewed rabbit, and plenty of Kerguelen cabbage, Captain Fuller's crew of twenty-eight men had an agreeable change in their diet while at Kerguelen.

A Curious Interview.

■ A REPORTER'S CONVERSATION WITH . _ A TWO-HEADED GIRL. From the "Macon Telegraph." LAST night a "Telegraph and Messenger" reporter, dropped in at Masonic Hall, where the two-headed girl is being exhibited. Ex pecting to find , a melancholy Siamese-twin monstrosity; the reporter was agreeably sur prised tc find two cheerful girls joined in one, cheerful, refined, and cultivated. The Iroggard, worn expression .which, as a rule, the faces of the curiosities of humanity wear was entirely absent. It seems true MEe. Christine Millie is entirely satisfied with her existence as much as any reader of the "Telegraph and Mes senger" is of his. The girl—or girls, for no- looker-on. can learn to regard her as any other than plural— was born in Columbus County, N.C., in 1850, and is consequently 31 years of age. She is of a Moorish colour, her mother being a negress and her father of Moorish descent. She has travelled all over the world, and! speaks English, German, French and Italian' perfectly. Moreover, she sings very sweetly,, and converses in the most ladylike manner. The reporter heard her sing last evening. She ' conversed with a German and Frenchman present, and spoke English perfectly. Kessler's band was present and struck up a waltz-, to which she responded by waltzing with herself in the most graceful manner. She and her self sang " Sweet Spirit, Hear My Prayer" as well as we have ever heard it, and afterwards went down the steps together. After the crowd had withdrawn, the re porter approached and said : ' You speak French I understand ?' ' Yes, I do. Do you ?' ' No. It is difficult at times for me to speak English.' ' That is only natural. One is frequently at a loss for words." ' What do you think of the weather ?' asked the reporter by way of relieving the silence which ensued. ' It is warm,' replied half of the girl. ' Yes, warmer than in Cuba,' responded the other half. ' Ah, you come from Cuba, then?' ' Yes,' said the girl on the right. ' Did you get sea-sick ?' ' No,' said the girl on the left. ' Can you swim ?' ' No, sir,' (from both of her). ' What would you have done had the boat gone down ?'. ' I would have gone down too,' said the left section. ' And you ?' I would have gone down with the balance of me. ' To be sure,' said the reporter, ' I had not thought of that. Were you ever desirous of being separated ?* ' No, sir.' ' You believe, then, that whom God has joined together, no man should put asunder?' ' YeJ, sir ;we are one.' ' Have you ever denied which one?' 'That is my worser half,' said the girl on the left, nodding backward, 'and,' said the balance of her, imitating the motion, ' vice versa.' ' How are you going home to-night ?' 'Oh,Thave a gentleman to see us home?' said the left-hand half. 'Are you authorised to make engagements for both ?' ' Oh, yes; it is only across to the Lanier House.' And taking the arm of a gentleman who at that moment appeared, she, or they, sauntered off sideways across the street, one of them responding to the advice not to get sunburtn.. ' I shall be careful, sir,' and the other saying gently, ' Good night, gentlemen." Considerably nonplussed, the reporter with drew,

Two Hearts That Beat As One.

One was a traveller for a New York house and the other was a Detroit business man. As they came up on the car from the Central depjjt they were talking about some elopement case, and a fox-eyed old man on the rear platform with a thin satchel at his feet did his best to catch every word, and seemed considerably excited. When the business man got oft at Criswold-street the old man followed him, and slapped him on the shoulder : " My friend, I would like to speak to you in private. Please enter this stair way." Amazed and astonished, the citizen complied, and when they were out of ear-shot of the street the stranger began : ' "Are you a married man?" "lam." '• So am I. I see we agree perfectly as to the blessings of matrimony, You believe your wife devoted to you ?" " Of course." '•And I believe the same. Our souls seem to he in sympathy thus far. Now, then, if a man should come to you and ask you if you had any suspicion of your wife's fidelity, what would you do ?" " I'd knock him down !" " So would I, and then step on him to hoot. Did you ever see two souls blend together as ours do ? Perhaps we were horn in the same house. But to ' con tinue : have you perfect confidence in your wife ?' "Yes, Sir." "So have lin mine. Lands, alive ; but here is a veritable case of two hearts that beat as one ! Isn't it astounding ?" "Who are you, sir?" sharply inquired the citizen. " Tompkins, and if that should also be your name, I'd. he done for." " But it isn'tmy name ; and now I want to know what you mean by all this talk. Why did you follow me and ask all those questions;" " Prompted by sudden impulse,', was the the cool reply. •' Did you have onb too?" f " I'll prompt you with my boift, pn-eld skulk !" shouted the indignant citizen, as he prepared for action. " Just exactly as I'd serve you under the circumstances! I tell you there's a tie between us some " Three stout kicks must have snapped it, for after they were delivered the old man went around the corner at a gallop, and the citizen kept straight up the street.— •• Detroit Free Press."

"Do you think," asked Mrs. Pepper, " that a temper is a bad thing in 0 woman " Certainly not, ma'am," replied a gallant philosopher. ." It is a good thing, jmd she ought never to lose it,"

WHY DOES A HORSESHOE BRING LUCK?

From St. Nicholas.

Or.n relic of departed horse, - Old harbinger of luck to man! When things seem growing worse aud worse- How good to find you in the van 1 A hundred thousand miles-, I weon, You've travelled on tho flying heel- By country roads, where fields were green, O'er pavements with the rattling wheel. Your toe-calk, in that older ifery. Was sharper than a serponf 9 tooth; But now it's almost worn away; The blacksmith should renew its youth. Bright is the side was next the raronnd, And dark the side was next tfehoof; 'Tis thus true metal's only found: Where hard knocks put it to the-proof. For aught I know, you may have dene Your mile In two ninotosn or twenty; Or. on a dray-horse, never run. But walked aiid walked, and pulled a plenty. At last your journeys all aro o'er. Whether of labour or of pleasure. And thero you hang above my door,. To bring mo health, and strength, unditreasurc.

A YEARNING AFTER THE INFINITE.

(AN AESTHETIC FRAGMENT.) From the Pall Mall Gazette. And it's oh for tho lanky lissome limbs,- That I tie in ecstatic knots ; And its ah! for tho jocund tear that dims; And the canker bone that rots ! Aye, it's ah! and oh ! and it's la I and lo 1 Eor the lilting lily bud, And oven the worms. Early English squirms, Send a fire-foam through my blood!! I moaned to my soul, "Bo thou drenched' in flame," And the lightning's fork blazed blue; But its oh, for the Shape that shirks in shame- From tho flute that toots " too-too i" Aye, it's woo is mo ! and it's miseree! For the Chippondalo comcth not, And the pimples spread 'Till the nose is red, And the daffodil's forgot! Then a priceless rapture jerked my arms. And I carolled, " Ye gods, begin!" And the world was drunk with tho Cruscam charms. Oh. her Bottieellian chin ! Aye, it's " Lack-a-day!" and it's " Wcll-a-way!' For that green too gaunt for earth;: And the thrill divine Which kinked my spine To a symphony gave birth! 0 Eros, tho last new Morris was there To allure sapp'd souls to crime; And I clung to the dado in dank despair; And had such a weird, old timo! But it's now " Heigh-ho," and it's " Utter Woe," For the froth of her kisses fled, And a drouthy Are Scorches up the mire Where sho lay her Burne Jones' head t For tho crescent moon clanked through tho clouds, Like an armed myrmidon; And the lilies (in crewels), on the pale grey shrouds, Mock the flowers which flaunt the sun! And the viol-de-gamba (with muted strings) My soul with desire did glut; As I slid away, Like a splash of spray. To tho quite too transcondently but!

LOVE AND PAIN.

From the Boston Globe. " I love you, little sweetheart," He in tender accents said. " And I love you too." she answered. As she bent her pretty head. And the stars looked down from heaven On the charming ttStc-a-tete. As the pair of youthful lovers Gently swung upon tho gate. "Yes, I love yon." sho softly murmured, Looking up at him again. " Holy mackerel I Gee Moses !"J Answered he in direst pain. For, alas! we never knew the Ingenuity of fate, And love that betrays us often To a mashed thumb in the gate.

PRESENT AND PAST.

From Scrib7ier's Monthly. 'Tis no pleasant task contrasting Now and then, Though I long for kindness lasting— Once again, Then you said you thought me clever. Now yon listen to me never, And your silence seems to sever Now and then. Still I cannot but adore you Now and then, Though I sco in shoals before you All tho men: Women are but cattle-kittle, And their promises are brittle ! Can't you love me—just a little- No w and then ? Arthur Perm,

Rules for Spoiling a Child.

I, Begin young by giving him whatever he cries for. 2. Talk freely before the child about his smartness as incomparable. 3. Tell him he is too much for you ; that you can do nothing with him. 4. Have divided counsels as between father and mother. 5. Let him learn to regard his father as a creature of unlimited power, capricious and tyrannical; or as a mere whip ping machine. 6. Let him learn (from his father's example) to despise his mother. 7. Do not know or care who his companions may be t ' 8. Let him read whatever he likes. 9. Let the child, whether boy or girl, rove the streets in the evening—a good school for both sexes. 10. Devote yourself to making money, rement« bering always that wealth is a better legacy for your child than principles in the heart and habits in the life; and let him have plenty of money to spend. 11. Be not with him in hours of recreation. 12. Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel: chastise severely for a foible, and laugh at vice. 13. Let him run about from church to church; eclecticism is the order of the day. 14. Whatever burdens of virtuous requirements you lay on his shoulders, touch not one with one of your fingers. These rules are not untried. Many parents have proved them, with substantial uniformity of results. If a faithful observance of them does not spoil your child, you will at least have the comfort able reflection that you have done what you could.

Bayard Taylor was at dinner with several gentlemen, one of whom bored the company with long philological dissertations. At length Mr. Taylor said, "Do you recall the derivation of the word'restaurant'?" "Oh, yes 1 It is from the Latin rcstaurare, to invigorate. " Not at all," replied Mr. Taylor; "it is fromres, a thing, and taunts, a bull—a bully thing." The philologist subsided. During a trial for assault in Arkansas a club, a rock, a rail, an ax handle, a knife and a shot-gun were exhibited as 'the instrument with which the deed was done.' It was also shown that the assaulted man defended him self with a revolver, a scythe, a pitchfork, a chisel, a handsaw, a flail, and a cross dog. The jury decided that they'd have Riven five -dollars, apiece to have seen the fight,



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