STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT.

AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1881

EARLY SKETCHES OF NEW ZEALAND.

No. IX.—Cook Straits, by Water.

Sauntering upwards, over the rugged hard soil, and crossing a rivulet—the only one on the Island—wo arrived at the summit, from which it is called

"TABLE ISLAND," and were surprised to find a flock of fine sheep, the (grass coarse and scanty, intermixed with stunted |fern. The snow-topt mountains and bold shores of the two islands of the north and south were massive objects, free of signs of occupation. Strolling into scrub by a track we found a wliarc with two natives in front; one was leisurely employed upon the earring of the handle of a paddle, the other chipping at a patua with an adze, formed from a tomahawk. Pulling their blankets about them, without rising from their posture, they 'shook tis by the hands, whining forth—" Eta! chika ! tena koutu.' They told us that a white woman was in the whaie, and that she was bewitched ; that when the evil spirit within her was enraged, they would shut her in the wharc, where she amused them with cries and efforts to break loose. Hcrq one of our our new acquaintances horrified the ladies of our. party by personifying a person in a fit and lunacy. Upon approaclring the hut we saw apparently two Maori women, but as we were about to retire, a

DARK EMACIATED FIGURE OF A WOMAN arose and bent to us with the air of good breeding. Her simple act of receiving us, and the softness of her speech, awakened an interest and sad sympathy for her miserable condition, for she had but an old dirty mat hanging to her limbs. At first glance she appeared an aged woman, but upon a nearer view under thirty years. Her hair was black, and mixed with the grey of sorrow; her features were sharp, but regular; and in early days must have been pleasingly handsome; the once large dark eyes were now bedimmed, in sad accord with the wreck of her earthly career. Upon God's marvellous creation of mmd and body, destructive influences had been ruthlessly at work. To us, her intellect appeared' to be clear, with a consciousness of correct social demeanour. She said, "I must appear to you a sad spot in civilized life ;1 am now, I can hardly say, enjoying an interval in my mental affliction; I did not think to see again the faces of my own race, and this may be the last time in this world, for I feel too incapable of bearing any more relapses. lam an American by birth, and widow of the late master of the ship ~ a whaler, in which I accom panied my husband. On the voyage my infant was bom, and upon arriving in these Straits my husband arranged to leave me with the wife of ,on the Island of Kapiti, till mv health might be restored. I «»ot better, but my husband never returned, for he was wrecked on a reef together with all hands. Many months passed, in great anxiety to be released from associa tions of abandoned parties of whalers addicted to mad carousals when supplied with rum by vessels bringing-to off the place. I was told after one of these long "sprees," as they are called, of the loss of my husband's ship and crew. From that time my poor head be came worse and worse. My son died, and then reason occasionally left me. In one of my intervals of consciousness I was driven by brutal conduct to seek a refuge amongst the natives until my earthly sufferings should terminate. I have been about four years as you see me now, amongst these people, and feel thankful for the change, however gross in appearance. I have be come inured to affliction, and too much aware of its revolting effects upon me to embrace the kind offers of a few, who have offered me another place to spend the re mainder of my days." Upon listening to this narrative, the question aroso in our minds of the probability of such an instance of corroding misery, so near civilised homes, bein" true. Nevertheless, the ladies of our party remained with the stranger, investi gating further into her squalid condition in order that something might be done, at least, to alleviate. Observing a pakeha landing from a canoe, we went down and entered into conversation with him. The man was fully 6 feet 2 inches in height, his features bold, finely turned, and dark; his limbs were also powerfully formed, easy and graceful. But these liberal gifts of materi ality did "not appear to be animated by corresponding mental ones, nnd afforded a fair specimen of the shore whaling class of '. the period. 'Though not more than 30 years of a"c, the fruits of his earnings were i visible in his neglected person, scarred face, and system puffed with spirituous poisons pitiable to behold, as an accidental fire de vouring the heart of a noble rata. He wore a «reasy manilla hat, an unbuttoned blue ser^e shirt, with the sleeves tucked up, she'wino' tatooed arms, and tanned as those of a native. His brawny chest was exposed, as if its hairy covering were all-sufficient. A pair of canvas trousers, a leather belt with sheath knife, and canvas shoes, com pleted his attire; further than these, his possessions, were seldom known •to be beyond a pair of blankets and rug, a piece of gaudy print, with needles and thread for the "gal," though his "lay" for the season mi<dit amount to one or two hundred pounds. We reco<mised at once that this individual was oncof the class introdnoedinthe woman s description, and he being comparatively sober we"aye heed to his version of her story.' " Poor woman," he reiterated, "why, you"mean crazy Jane; well, but thats a fluke. I'll hot my life that she s been and pitched you one of her cranky yarns ! 'bout as miserable as a shag upon a rock. Now, I'll tell you the God's truth of that gal—her man was skipper of a Yankee spouter. Some seasons ago, she .brought up off Kapiti, and took in some humper lie, and left this ere woman with Geordie hmith and his gal. In course, Jonathan wanted to give her the go-by; well, Ibe d-—, if she did'nt gallic every one of us when we offered her join to any one of us. bhe used to kick about like a cat on hot bricks, and break our heads with whatever she could lay. her flippers on. Why, she would nt earn her 'grog, nor make the gals round abouts. Well, in comes, the a-—,. and told her that her old skipper and his ship had gone all to . shivereens among the islands, aud offered her a passage for the cruise; b me, if she'd go. God s truth, she wanted to be master of us altogether, so we married her to Joe, the headsman. We had a regular bowse out upon it, and kept

the bucket going till we were, in course, all floored. Well, in the morning, we saw we'd been soaking in a pool of rack, for the cask was bung down, and we'd never a ball to drive away the horrors, so we all swore it was the Yankee, as wc could'nt find her nowhere, so we all turned to at last and found her mad drunk in the bush. So Joe turn'd to, and swore he'd stick to his old 'un. Howsomcver, she got collard after the Maories, andgot away amongstamob of'em and went mad upon it, and she would'nt budge for anybody. She's the usolessest brute I over know d—l would'nt touch her with the blade of a harpoon. You can scent her across the straits like a bull spouter. Give her a spreader and soap, sec how soon it'll go to her Maori squad. Why she gulls 'cm that she's their priest, witch devil, and the Lord knows what, and they're as gallicd of her as a humper of a lance." It was with indignant ira patience that we listened to this peroration, which did not require a Machiavclli to at once detect the true nature of its ruthful subject, and an intimation was thrown out that the authorities would be called upon to look into the case of the neglected being, ruined by brut.il usage ; at which we re ceived a volley of abuse in the technical vernacular of the penal tribes of New South "Wales or Port Arthur. The wind seemed inclined to shift; we therefore reembarked into our boxed-up quarters, and sent ashore a package of wearables and edible com forts for the crushed being of the hut, pro tected by the "Savage," against her own inhuman race. In the evening WE WEIGHED ANCHOR with a fair wind, and gazed a sad adieu upon the little island that contained such a victim of brutality in the American lady. During the night, two of the "old hands " on board were discussing the relative states of the weather in Cook Straits, from which it was gleaned that the winters were gener ally calmer, that those of summer periods and that the approaching season was con sidered to be bettor for catching whales. However, during the uext day the angry north-west came up again and tho implac able wind with the tide drove us back over the whole of our course till wo thrashed into Cloudy Bay and dropped anchor under some sheltering land, with, the snow covered " Kaikouras',' 9,000 feet high in full view again. Here we received the visits of crews from the whaling station, and heard of the welfare of Mrs Guard and family (of tho Harriet wreck and massacre). To the southward of our anchoragc'.lay the district of Wairoa, and we were prepared to pay it a visit in one of the whale boats, when the recall flag was hoisted, and they hurried, after a whale which was leisurely blowing at intervals in the offing, causing a splendid race between the boats. After three days' endurance of a "hard gale," contorted good humours, politeness, and growlings, a "slant o' wind" gave our miserable skipper an excuse to try it again. Two days' hard hammering, and an ex quisitely tantalizing night of light airs, with a forward and retrograde course of the tides, when the anchor was let go in the "glad waters" of Queen Charlotte's Sound, attended with the letting oft of all our long bottled-up exuberant spirits. Here wore oysters in abun dance—sufficient for a fleet of ships-' crews, enticing the indulgence therein to an alarming extent, with the assistance of bottled stont and biscuits. By this time, all incongruous humours, both fore and aft, of our light little craft, were pretty well toned down; the hearts of "Jacks" were gladdened by incentives of "short nips," and passengers, by scrambles over the rug ged hills. Next day, we received the visits of two small canoes, with some interesting old men, and boys ; a few presents elicited from them promises of some dealings in potatoes, and whatever they might have to sell. On the following morning, the same represen tatives of the places came oft' from the op posite side with four kits of potatoes, and a lew strings of dried eels. Upon expressing our supnse at this small instalment, wo found that their food was teboocd by 'heir chief Hariweana, for tho expected visit of Te Kangihaieta. This threw a damper upon the spirits of our skipper, for he was in hopes to " fill up " for the Nelson mar ket, besides providing for his passengers. His disappointment shortly became chronic, and was in unmeasured terms vented upon all around (in gusts of the utmost colonial asperity) over the voyage, country and winds ; suspecting each one in their turn on board to be the "Jonah," save himself; and so we went forth into the familiar Straits again after about two day's stay upon short allowance of cigars, biscuits, beer, and pork; finding "sweets in our adversity," in hauling on board numbers of Barracoota, with pieces of red flannel shirt at the end of our lines, towing astern from our weary little ship; and also on calm nights, enjoying the quietude of the "Ancient Mariner," whilst speculating upon the glorious orbs above, on the broad of our backs. Happy are the delights of this state of existence, interspersed •\yith tribulations, rendering the former so enjoy able when attained, and so felt we simple voyagers upon entering the bay or gulf, (discovered by Tasman, two centuries ago), round at last "Stephen's bold Isle, after the many tedious days out from Port Nic, some 50 miles distant. • No. X.—Nelson. Glad were the adventurous travellers upon entering into a new climate; the sea breeze filling each sail with a kindly dis position to which we had been unused to in the Straits. At the head of .the bay a wide extent of available country appeared, sheltered between the eastern and western ranges; running down the coast we found ourselves at early morning at anchor, ' alongside a pebbly spit, stretching from the coast some nine miles across a trend inwards of the land in a direct line towards some rocks. Between the end of this remarkable wash-up of boulders like a Holland dam run along to reclaim a shoal bay,—and the shore rocks, a passage is left for the entrance of a vessel at flood tide. In running this entrance, wc rapidly passed a new immigrant ship, the Fifeshire, broadside and npright, upon the rocks, like an ominous scare-object, and destined to be removed from the gaze of prejudice by means of dissecting tools or gunpowder. A short distance from the entrance, inside the boulder bank, the shoal water brought us to an anchor safe as in a mill-pond. Our pilot through this speedy navigation, was a tall personage, with an air of promptitude and command, conveying the impression^ ■ that he was the man to take.-care that no" more such casualties—as the one of the Fifoshire—should take place \yhilc he 'had charge of harbour matters. A pathway was made round the beach to the valley of

Nelson, with its shoal shone, over which a bullock team carried our luggage. The marked-out road—witli signs of the com mencement of atown invariousgroups—was cut up into deep mire, and the lrigh' charges demanded for dray hire were well earned by the driver, the Honorable Mr B—,. who, in his progress, got a wheel bogged' up' to the axle, and, in true colonial style, wielded his long whip over his six bullocks With the vigour and determination' of a mud-boplastercd Ajax. At the north-m ---end of the valley, or township, a small stream rushed over the pebbly bottom through a mixed bush, and on the banks of Which a little canvas village appeared. Clear and bright were the days, with a light frost at night; tho natives few in number, and industriously at work putting up contract whares for the new comers. Every capacious mud fire-place brought around it both gentle and simple with sociable yarns and pipes, whilst under high sounding names with "hotels" after them written up, and in two instances denoting billiard tables inside, the young bloods and choice spirits of the elite would congregate for the purpose of indulging in their very acme of human pastime, that of dissipating all that they were possessed of. No momentous reports of war disturbed business hours, nor imperiously warned the young explorers of the country. The population was upwards of 2,000; provisions were generally high; flour about £45 to £40 per ton; but pork and potatoes were the regular staple articles of consumption. The great native diffi culty was not expected as likely to affect them, until an assault was committed at Motuaka, on the other side of tho gulf, by a native of purely a domestic nature. At this time, a A PERSONAGE NAMED THOMPSON. held Quixotic and full magisterial sway in Nelson, and was a protege of Colonial Secretary Shortland, who sent him from the Bay of Islands, and insisted with naval imperativeness to uphold him iv his appointment, even against a memorial of nearly two-thirds of the inhabitants of Nelson. The Motuaka charge was the cause of a memorable display of Thompson's excitable temperament in Court, and was sufficient to show his unfitness or lunacy. It appeared that poor Brooks, the interpreter of the Now Plymouth conferences, was ab sent, aud no one at Nelson could be found to avail of as a substitute to interpret the hearing of the charge, until it occurred to the magistrate that he had heard our friend Nugent holding a confab with the Maories. A constable was therefore dispatched to the supposed Maori linguist, with the li.M.'s compliments. Our friend reflected for a moment on possible points in his pro cedure, that could be construed into the law's infringment, and asked the cause of this invitation; upon which he gleaned from the constable that it arose from Nugent being acquainted with Maori, and that his services were required in a matter of " Crown and dignity, and request that Nugent would attend the Court. Nugent thereupon returned compliments to His Worship, and an assurance that he had been misinformed of liis qualification to enact so important a part, being but a new arrival in the country. This reply incited the despotic magistrate to dance on tip-toe (his favourite one), which culminated in a mandate to the awe-stricken executor of the law, that he was to take with him assistance, and bring the delinquent into his presence immediately. To save further ridicule Nugent placed himself into custody, and was presented in Court before the ex cited magnate, where, finding no expostu lation of any avail, lie consented to give a specimen of his usual mode of conversing with the Maories, and addressing one stand ing near,hc poured forth.a ludicrous med ley of broken Maori, French, and Italian, creating some painfully smothered titter ings ; but the profound air of gravity with which it was uttered, the fixed vacant look of theft.-.., throw most of the hearers into, an unseemly shaking of the sides, by pent up feelings, which at length fonnd vent outside, in roars of laughter. The adjournment' of the Court was then ordered till the return of tho official interpreter. About this time, news arrived of the slaughter of Mrs Robertson and family at the Bay of Islands, by the young demon - possessed native, Makctu; a shock that thrilled into political opinions of this act being a forerunner, or dire note, of general war on the part of the natives against the pakeha, according to the "ritenga" of the former, which, upon subsequent enquiry at the Supreme Court, held in Auckland, proved to be groundless. The young fellow was tried and hanged at the latter place, to the wonderment of the natives. We heard, also, that on the 30th May of this year, a man had arrived, who proved to be one of the most admirable pioneers of civilisation in New Zealand's' early perplexities—the truly "great Bishop Selwyn," a man of robust frame, command ing air, handsome features, animated with calm deliberation, followed by prompt action; a soul full of generous motives, firm, high, comprehensive dealings with both races, with sweetly patient tenderness to the lowest individual; bringing to bear upon all the vexed questions around him, prin ciples of the highest integrity, and per forming acts of self-sacrifice and unyielding perseverance, after the ensample of his great prototype, St. Paul.

A Maiden's Revenge.

A deserted Parisian damsel has just secured an original and ample revenge upon her faithless lover. Hearing that Alphonse .had been beguiled by the seductive charms of a large wedding portion held out to him by the parents of another young lady who was anxious to marry him, Blanche rose to the occasion, and on the evening of the, betrothal, while the affianced pair were feasting and making merry, she sent a letter to the bride-elect announcing that she had poisoned all the food which furnished forth the banquet. This grim statement was read aloud at the table, and , naturally ■ caused a great panic. The fiancee and her mother were carried out in hysterics, and doctors were summoned from far and near. One of the dishes was analysed and found to contain-no trace of poison, and after further experiments the company realised that they had- been made the victims of a practical joke. But Blanche had her re •Vcngc, for love could not flourish in tho shadow of a stomach-pump, and the engage ment was promptly broken. It is not announced whether Alphonse will return to his old love, or whether he will be welcomed if he does.—"Now York Tribune."

LOVE AND AVARICE.

(FvSta' the French:) Young Phyllis had'of love great rifehbS; Yet loved she riches more than this; When love-struck Colin begged a Ihvour, Her price was llxed—she would not waver-;-' 'Twas.thlrty sheep for- one short kise! Ho paid it. but next morn ho know How quickly cloy mail's pure-fb-Sscs; He found tho exchange'v/ns in his favour;- His heart was fixed, wiillo hers did waver. • And ono sheep bought' hfm thirty lussos. ■

Noxt day fair Phyllis, tenderer grown, And wishing Colin's love-to- keep, Felt all her love of Mammon waver, And begged the shepherd, au>a favour; To give one kiss for thirty'sheep.

.Another day, and love-sick Phyllis Hod given her docks, her crook,-and plaid,- For one of countless precious fefeses Which Colin, ilred with now timid blisses. . S-Vc freely to another maid. J.TC-

THE MINER'S GRAVE.

On through the dusty high rays, On to tho lowly grave, Just where the willows sadly Over the coilln wave. Toll! '.Toll! Tall! Thus! speaking, lone heart, lo thee. Of the noble form which tho collin bales, Of hopes thot have ceased to he.

Lower tho coffin gently. But, ere ye turn away, Scatter a few spring blossoms > Over tho lifeless clay. Dust! I>ust! Bust! And there, underneath the sod, Lies tho silent heait that shall heat again When touched by the hand of God.

Pauso we awhile in silence, Mindful of her who stands Watching the clods descending,'. Wringing her feeble hands. Toll! Toll! Toll! And the mournful knell is o'er. But the tones which thrill'd in the joyousT>ost Will linger for evermore. Linger when fondly watching Over her household fays; Linger umid the love-lit Visions of other days. Chimo I Chime! Chime! How the bridal bells ring out As tho witching music of nature's bards Chimes in with the village shout.

Thero aro the scones where Heaven Smiled on tho hearts so true; Radiant now with the sunshine Tinting the glistening.dew. Chime! Chime! Chimet But another brow to-day Had its garland woven by other hands. Mid scenes where the fairies stray.

Like as tbe Alpine snow-drifts Roll down the mountain's breast, So fell the weight of sorrow Down on tho bridal nest. Toll! Toll! Toll! For tho heart so true and brave; Thero uro tears for the lonely widow, and , For him iv tho silent grave.

Ills not tho clouds that gather Over tho path wo roam. But the approving plaudit Welcomes the pilgrim home. Chime! Chime! Chime! For Heaven has nought of care, And tho sold that flow from tho burning mine Was lovingly welcomed thero.

E. S, Husband.

October, 1881.

An Italian Youth.—His Act of Heroism and its Public Re ward.

A YEAR ago, in the summer of 1880, .a deed i of heroism was performed by a young lad; at Alessandria, in Piedmont, for which he has just been rewarded in a characteristic ally sub-Alpine and Latin manner. Some children wero playing upon the bank .of the. river Tanaro, when one of them, a boy four, years old, toppled over into the stream, and, as it chanced, at a most dangerous spot, where practical swimmers had already.lost. their lives. Eduardo Pozzi, a lad of 12,: who. saw the accident determined to venture upon the task of rescue. He icnelt down,. mado the sign of the cross, and. jumped, boldly into the raging waters.. He was seized by the torrent, but not until he had. tightly grasped the little boy. The two were sucked under by the waters, but rose again to the surface, and the young heroy with great resolution and daring, forced .Ms way into still wafer, from whence aq>olicc man drew them to the shore. He fell down exhausted and unconscious, but kept a firm grip upon the little fellow he had saved. The King of Italy heard, of/the, deed, and directed that the silver medal of the Order of Merit, with the King's thanks, should be sent to the little hero. The actual bestowal of the gift, however, was reserved to tho present year, when' the anniversary was mado the occasion, of a. public ceremonial. The courtyard:of the Collegia Nazionale was adorned: .with flowers and banners ; the municipal authorities were convoked; tho whole population was invited to take part in the function, and Senator Zoppi fastened the medal upon tbe boy's breast, while the. Mayor of Alessandria gave him a kiss.upon, his forehead in the name of the wholo town.. When Pozzi was questioned about his deed,, he said, with touching modesty, "Iknew that if I were drowned he and. I would have gone to Paradise together." His father, who is a railway servant,, was invited to dinner by the Prefect,, and, the> sons of that functionary solemnly divided head and salt with the hero of the day as a token of perpetual alliance. The- father refused to receive a sum of money which had been collected.

Bonaparte, the Oriental

Behind tho mask I have found a remark able absence of passion, except an almost maniacal passion for advancement and fame. The character indeed is not Corsican so much as Oriental. He is not vindictive as a Corsican should be; he fenot patriotic, but deserts his country most unnecessarily; he seems to care for no opinion, though he adopts with studied artificial vehemence every fashionable opinion in turn. His im morality and cynicism are more apparent even on the surface of his deeds in his earlier than iv his later years, while there are appearances of a vast plot contrived by him against the Directory, which might fairly be called the unapproachable master piece of human wickedness. But what throws the clearest light upon his character is the darling plan of his, the failure of which he never ceased to regret, the Eastern Expedition. What he did in Europe tells us little of his character,' compared with what he dreamt of doing in Asia. He had never meant to be' Cesar or Charle magne ; these were but parts to which ho sullenly resigned himself. He had meant to be Alexander the Great, only on a much larger scale. His real career is but a shabby adaptation of the materials he had collected in vain for his darling Asiatic romance.—Prof. Seeloy in "Macmillan's Magazine."



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