STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT.

AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1881

EARLY SKETCHES OF NEW ZEALAND.

< .: ■■:[!ih.;:'. No. VI. I Upon the'erisuing Sunday, European service was held at the raupo" chapel of the Roy. Mr. Creed, at which we duly attended. Upon coming out we heard a shout from some natives who had assembled outside, and, upon turning round, we observed one or two of them iv a state of excitement, during which the name of "Maiki" oc , cuF^.a_4 t%^fc^'cott7tn-_i'6 i; n V.ew b_it of Saxony cloth, who thereupon went calmly towards them, and poured forth some oily and peculiarly eriiphatic utterances upon the strangers, (for they had but the previous day arrived from the north with a toll pakelui), which had the effect of converting their exclamations into airs of satisfaction that they had mistaken their man. He was nevertheless, the verit able Macleod, the Pirate. Wending our ways home we innocents, in admiring terms, expatiated Upon the demosthenian style of lingo of our quondam acquaintance Scott. Sitting upon a bank fronting the beach, over relics of before-mentioned butcheries, and overlooking our respectable residence, members of the whalers'Darracks weij wont to bask in the sum Our residence was respectable in, the ; then condition of society, for although containing but one room of about 10x:,8 feet; it was built of raupo, with a toi-toi roof complete. It was considered to be a very desirable house where archi tects were scare, and when the official magnates had to put up'with temporary and imperfect rain shelters. We, being in the wholesale mercantile, had found it necessary to have built such substantial premises as we then possessed. '...'".. DEAD MEN'S BONES in the sand formed the floor, cask goods thereupon, contaiiiing liquid destruction equalled in violent effect perhaps to the tomahawk and club, upon these casks goods were stowed, oyer which household crockery and luxuriant fern couches were spread. The whalers would1 occasionally indulge _in a mental drink! of some cask' liquors which we had _i, stop1 k and tabooed during the blanket,'and so soon as .his' refined ideas of modesty were'satisfied by attaining the height of aboriginal fashion, he demanded to know famine. One old'convict-looking fellow had tried to break this taboo before with a string of dried eels'.. Mordaunt was house keeper one night during absence of the others to hunt up anything that could be digested in the shape of food. In the dead of the dark night suspicious sounds of foot steps were heard'above on the bank, and our friend, leaping from.his bed, demanded to know who approached. No reply was returned, and he instantly thought that the whalers had come to silence him for the possession of coveted liquors (for it was well known that all edible, goods were sold). Repeated demands were made of "Who comes here ?" but no reply followed. Pre sently the door was tried, but that had been secured by a hlid. of porter being rolled against it. The perplexed inmate threatened i to fire if not answered, tho' unwittingly the firearms were unloaded;: Seizing an; old toledo that had. been flourished with great. accdmpanimentsiofi.braveryAt Wellington, and being of. stalwart proportions, Mordaunt, struck through.theroof atari attemptibeing; made to wrench aside the toi-toi thatch. \ Repeating his thrusts he hit the invader. Still no cessation of endeavours to enter occurred;' and at last alarmed at this silent pertinacity, and <\ concluding from sounds that a dog was with the housebreakers, he hauled found the hhd,", slipped the fastenings of the door,-andiflewdown the beach, s^ord in air, one side of his only garment torn off,: overipumice stones, i shells', and drift wood, with bare feet;'over-a .stream, with a, leap of twelve or fifteen feet, thence up; the/steep .'bank-.toithe':low aperture of a 'Maori hot-house,' thrusting.his head; into an atmosphere < of, carbonic acid gas, arising from a mass of prostrate nude bodies of the Maori occupants.. i His broken- Maori voci-; ferations galvanized them into terrified life. Seizing i'fire-sticksi- and; -tumbling: outside like scared rats.Kt_eisweltering forms of dark humanity danced ahout with cries of " What's the matter ?—a fight!" Old mus kets, clubs,'the iron.pots, arid tattered gar 'mehts -were, pounced: upon. . The- women and children rushed into the sand-hill close by, arid the! warridrs: -scattered themselves, in savagei reconhoitering attitudes, towards the whalers' barracks. .- . ' SO SOON AS, THE,'WAR -ARTY. APPEARED at the'opeh' gable-entrance, Upstarted the army of half -nude masculines andfeminines, ■with a 'dry -■'■ of <■£' Waikato I -Waikato ! Taua-1"-producing; a vivid old pandemo nium scene (which the occupants had so' well'known aforetime), fire-sticks wav ing, Maoris and Europeans rushing over each other, shouting and yelling in' the darkness after the style of a hard fight. Mordaunt succeeded in capturing an old the names of the two or three whalers who were absent, but upon comparing muster all members of the'establishment had been in their respective fern stalls all the night. Poor Mordaunt, in utter perplexity, roused up a neighbour, arid the twain, with pistols loaded, visited the besieged residence, but found nothing had been carried away nor renaoved. Puzzled'over the cause of so extensive an alarm, Mr M barricaded the door again, and spent the remainder of the night with pistols, sword, and book before him. Morning I brought a solution of the mystery. A neighbour doing hospi tality to the European who had come down from the north (before alluded to) was pass ing homewards, and hearing thq challenge thought it an opportunity of indulging in a little waggery, remembering that M was alone. The stranger was a Mr Chris toph,; nephew of AdiriiralM d, and had served on the quarter-deck of one of H.M. frigates. Christoph .stood upwards of six feet, and had, when ■ considered worth his while, all the manners of a gentleman, full of personal - adventure and anecdote of South. Ariierina. He had come through the heart of the country, availing himself, as was customary, of the unmeasured hospitality of some of the mis sionaries and traders, and at other times revelling through all the rude manners and customs of the natives. Mr Christoph at once slipped into the suggested joke of his host, anu was nearly a victim to his indul gence, for when disarranging the thatch the point of Mordaunt's sword struck him in the chest, grazing-a rib. Believing the thni3twas with a spear or stick, they re-, tired home from further I pranksi.;' and • Mor daunt was gratified to perceive in the morn-

ing the changed countenance of Christoph , when the old toledo was shown tipped with j his blood. , COOK'S STRAITS AND WANGANUI. Judging from the critical work of laying out town and country lands that long, patient waiting for selection and settlement would ensue, and fearing that bur supplies per schooner 'Jewess' had been lost in the straits, we decamped from New Plymouth, engaging a surveyor's man who had travel led with his party before alluded to, and entered upon a tramp to Wellington, a dist ance of about 300 miles, taking with us also a native guide. We wound round the shores of Cape Egtuont, over rivulets run ning from the mountain through the level country at its base to the sea at every mile Oi V _,/ w9 °^ our course. At intervals the beach conS_v4fi.t_r__ °* lar Se trachytic boulders, and the tediousne_s M _^{?™_>i»_ fro™ boulder to boulder was laboriously Blow"ii^''"j_ v thc first, but after gaining confidence, dangers oi"_.i HP and down, to and fro, hop, step, and jump ing, were performed with great dexterity, at the risk of broken limbs every moment. Having rounded Cape Egmont about ten miles, -we arrived at a sandy beach, and came across the figure-head of the barque 'Harriet,' planted above high water mark in a corner of some rocks, aud tabooed, to gether with other vestiges of the Wreck. The barque was conveying (about April, 1839) a whaler's crew from Sydney to Port Nicholson, and became a wreck at the spot visited by us. Captain Guard, Mrs Guard, and two children, with the others on board, were hospitably assisted and entertained by the natives, till a quarrel arose in the usual reckless manner of the early whalers, when twelve of the party and twenty-five of the CHIEF MEN AMONG THE NATIVES WERE KILLED, and the captain, his wife aud children, with ten sailors made prisoners. (Guard was described as a man of violent temper in his dealings with the natives between the years of 1823 and 1834, and deemed the best mode of civilization to consist in powder and ball, enforcement, and also the kilkenuy-cat process.) After a time the chief permitted Capt. Guard (accompanied by three cluefs) to leave in one of the ship's boats in order to obtain powder, guns, etc., for the purpose of ransoming tho others of tho party, viz., Mrs. Guard, two children, and nine seamen. Guard, apprehending no fear for their safety, upon his arrival in Sydney, succeeded in persuading the Governor to send HIM.S. "Alligator," under the command of Capt. Lambert, with a detachment of the 50th Regiment, to procure his wife, children, and men in the hands of the natives. Upon arrival of the man-of-war at Taranaki, several villages were attacked and destroyed, and many of the natives killed; all the then prisoners were released, and Captain and Mrs. Guard took up their abode at Cloudy Bay. After the first conflict three sailors were killed and eaten. All European heads chopped off were preserved forsale to traders, also tattooed heads of chiefs. Mrs. Guard and the other prisoners were OFFERED PORTIONS OF THE COOKED FLESH. Finding some boxes of soap amongst the ship's stores the natives, unaware of its use, baked the soap, and devoured it all round with the greatest gusto. In a short time the active nature of the food tumultuously operated, with a violence that completely prostrated the astonished cannibals, much to the satisfaction of the beholders. One child had been adopted by the chief, who had all throughout interfered with his pro tection to the Europeans. When the '' Alli gator's " people were upon the beach, the chief advanced (with the child clinging to; his neck) and was at once shot, his head ciit: off, and rolled upon the beach, to the horror of Mrs.. Guard, who recognised it as that of their protector. Although these scenes had! occurred only so short a tune previous to our visit, the natives had no hesitation in dis cussing them with a variety of fierce and sensual action. The saline flesh of the; pakcha was disparagingly; compared with1 .that of the Maori; sympathy: or pity for agonyandsufferingseemed to be an unknown feeling with them, or totally extinguished; when the theme was of warfare, and exciting: only laughter and amusement. '~,'. Arriving in sight of the high promotory' of Otumatua, about 60 .miles from our starting place,:our native guide parted with; us to return, for nothing would induce him' to continue.the journey, being apprehensive, of his life if he venturned among the Maoris' about the pah. With' our jjextra pikau; weights we met somo wild looking fellows1 who relieved us of same, and ushered us up the.steep and at times almost perpendicular ascent into the pah. The excitement of the inmates appeared in every form of rudeness, and a stranger might well be ex cused for believing that our portable posses sions would shortly be appropriated to their, externals and internals. However, aj few! pipes and tobacco distributed amongst the most importunate who had dragged us into, a house produced us a steaming meal of potatoes and flsh, and mutual satisfaction ensued._ During our repast Mordaunt had don'd his eye-glass and spread his pocket hankerchief upon his lap, over the basket, substitute for a plate, ivith pocket-knife and fork in hand ; and upon looking up, with a mouthful of fish, he spluttered into a roar of laughter at beholding a mimicking youth before him who had extemporised eye-glass, knife and fork, with bits of wood j platted flax for pocket-handkerchief, and apeing the erect upper person of the visitor. . In the morning we could not but admire the impregnable appearance of this natural fortress, and the level country of Waimate beneath us. Sseaward, we were told how the former possessors were pursued to the edge of the perpendicular cliffs, over which they precipitated themscves upon the rocks below TO ESCAPE THE CLUB AND TOMAHAWK. Wide sweeps of the coast brought us to other pahs, situated on high promotories. Each day we were accompanied with carriers of our pikaus to within sight of the end of the day's journey, who then returned, from the circumstance of the settlement being at feud with the other, although Te Kauparaha had taken all the pahs on his course down the Straits. Nevertheless, various places had been retaken by prisoners and others who had escaped inland or to the coasts of the Middle Island. Halting one night on the banks of a small river, and after the enjoyment of a night's rest under our blanket tent, we took our towels and soap, as usual, to bathe; during which five or six natives came down over the hummocks of fern (having seen the smoke from ourfire). An old tattooed fellow squatted down near a piece of soap, lifted it to his head, and then replaced it. Upon Nugent's act of wrapping it _in his towel, the grim visitor snatched it out of his hand, ejaculating that his head was

tabooed, and having touched that important part of his person, the soap and towel be came tabooed to himself, out used by any other person, his head would waste away in exact proportion to the soap. Smiling at the old gentleman's ingenious excuse for the appropriation, he was allowed to retain it as a gift. Asa mark of civility during breakfast, we presented them also with some tobacco and two pipes, to complete their possession of the means of such high luxury (for "toruri," or native grown tobacco, was generally used, acid and pungent, without having undergone the process of curing). After packing up and taking our leave, they came running after us, one of them shewing his burnt mat. Ho had been sitting upon a live ember, and insisted that as our fire had eaten his apparel " utu " must follow such offence in the shape of a blanket. Finding his arguments failed to convert us to such a "retinga," he seized upon Nugent's pikau, but instead of the sudden attack bringing the owner to the g*i^uSSJW_fca well-planted blow sent the Maori limb of tiie-iMiiojv ploughing head first along the sand. Raisiiig-'-v^.tfF walking clubs, we stood upon the defcnsivc 5 -' 0 r S .)vliilst our war seized friends leaped to and tiiK)^, flourishing their spears, and utteiing menaces if.." 1, deeP porcine gruntings. The rage oi ■\ iU .,our ".floored" savage was at the highest pres'- -*" sure upon recovering his legs again, and he whizzed his spear past Nugent's face with out an instants preparation, which doubtless saved him. Mordannt's double - barrel, loaded with duck shot, was as speedily pointed to the assailants, and the effect was electrical, for they scampered in "open order" over the sand hills and disappeared, although we took surveys after them from the tops of the loose mounds that skirted the beach. Our trophy was a spear, which far exceeded in value our presents. Near the end of a hard day's journey, upon rounding a point of land on to a fine sandy beach, we met a travelling party oi twenty-five to thirty natives clad with European articles of blankets, shirts, and trowsers, having well • stored pikaus, amongst which were tents and boxes, evidently containing good things, and headed by a rev. gentleman, who wus pro ceeding northwards. Bowing to him, oui first enquiry was about the schoonei 'Jewess, to which he, with drawling emphasis upon each word, informed us that " he had passed her upon the coast, upwards of ii hundred miles off, a total wreck—high and dry; some of the crew aud a Mr. Wade were drowned ;" "was not mado aware oi What became of the cargo." After a few curt replies to our questions about our route ahead lie, to our astonishment, terminated the interview by abruptly bowing us a "good day, gentlemen," as if the meeting had occurred in the streets of Wellington, without one distant remark about out journey—if refreshment from his evidently abundant stores would be acceptable, or whether we were interested otherwise than ordinary strangers in the wreck of the ' Jewess,' and not one word to warn us of the horrible trap that we were shortly ti walk into. "Merciful powers," exclaimed our guide, as the rev. gentleman and his retinue passed round the point, '' that man is a greater barbarian than I have met with yet, for the Maories generally offer the best they have before asking if you have a mouth upon you." " Certainly," muttered Nugent, "that is the most extraordinary instance^ of incivility I ever experienced ; surely his behaviour must originate from a feeling, as I have heard remarked, that some missionaries look upon European settlers in the country with repugnance." Mordaunt observed that " the characteristics of the Maori, which we have so (frequently lauded, of offering food at first sight of a stranger _ must certainly be. discouraged among his people by so unchristian-like an example ;" and so reflections upon the rev. gentleman toned our conversation as we pushed on. "It is absolutely inexplicable to me,"exclaimed Nugent, "such cutting cold ness^ let us inspect our exteriors; do we look like escapod criminals ? Here, give me yoUr gun, Tom, you look consumedly way worn, and as if you had not dined for a couple of days. As to you, Mordaunt, your appearance is that of a fagged: sports man who had lost his way for the same period. As to my own particular self— although all jauntmess has been! taken out of me—l cannot but believe that sOmo in dications of genteel breed still remain, in spite of my suffering boots and unbrushed attire." Little did we imagine of! the lamentable part which the rev. gentleman had been playing between two war parties. At our next station for tho night, two or three hours after this event, we came upon , grounds that had been under, cultivation, Belonging to the large Waitotara pan. Here we perceived alarming indications of war—fences burned down in- all direc tions—potatoes, maize and kumara crops uprooted—speared and tomahawked pigs here and there—whares burnt down—canoes split, burnt, and rendered unserviceable. Hungry, foot-sore, and "used up," as Tom remarked, we, albeit, summoned airs of con fidence and ascended the pah (for rain was smartly descending). Here everything had been destroyed, and a number of wild looking savages, perfectly nude,'were erect ing a long sleeping shed, or "hot house," letting off, whilst at their hasty work, deep toned exclamations in gusts, and throwing themselves occasionally into war dance atti tudes. We ensconced under some of the. disarranged barricade -with feelings of re pentance at having venturned into this scene of savage confusion, in which yelping curs assisted. Being now dark, and the rain pouring down, we had no chance to shift our quarters, save into the "hot house," where a night of groaning discomfiture awaited us. Packed closely over eveiy space of floor in this New Zealand "black hole," with its one aperture at the gable end, was a sweltering mass of humanity—as in the hold of a slave ship—reclining against our pikaus, respiring in asmuchfetid atmosphere as a Mark Tapley could withstand; diluted with steaming pipis, passed about on kits just out of copper-Maoris. For not a particle of the edibles which had passed under the weapons of the war party were deemed consumeable, from the circumstance of _ such being tapued, and consequently being death to all who wittingly or un wittingly partook of it. However, junks of what was said to be "cow" were being devoured with avidity, to which wc were invited, but alas ! our hunger could not smother another idea which had seized us, THAT THE SOUL OF AN ENEMY MIGHT BE NEAR WITH A GHASTLY WARNING. Supper discussed, we soon found ourselves inveigled, and finally robbed out of every small article we had remaining,. even to powder flasks. ' Gasping for oxygen, and writhing under sanguinary fleas (after two or three hours 'of their enjoyment), we wriggled off trowsers, rolled them up, and

thus entrapped multitudes of our lively enemies. With theseas pillows we struggled through tho hours in a sort of fitful ex haustion, panting and gasping as it were our last. Near dawn of morning we managed our escape in a drenching rain to the river below, on the banks of which, we launched a broken canoe, and seizing some sticks, were about to shove oif, when four or five of our late entertainers arrived upon the spot and demanded "utu." Money gold was insisted upon, then guns and blankets. Without heeding, we pushed them off, one fellow toppling inboard during the excitement. Upon reaching the other Bide, borne down some distance by the cur rent, we gave him a crown piece, at which he called out to some Maoris who had slept under an extemporized hut, and they im mediately made after us. Coming up, our piknus and guns wcro seized, ostensibly, of course, for the purpose of carrying same. In an instant three of them were forced to the ground, and wc made use of our heels to tho extent never excelled before nor since. Procuring their spears, they followed us with maniacal displays of war, until Nugent turned mid presented his empty double barrel. This display of his was successful, and they gave up the chase. (To be continued.)



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' ■ NEW ZEALAND'iNSURANCE (Established in .1859), . i against the ruinous devastations'of Fire,:whicn at any: in6ment may'utterly destroy the iruite of a-whole life of industry. Then writo.toor call at the Office of the above Company, Ji • ■.-11 j NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE BUILDINGS^ .Queen Street, Auckland, ;. ~ ! where every description of Insurances are taken '''~ at'theT'' ; ',, .','.' LOWEST "RATES OF, PREMUML RATES and Forms of Application can','to Obtained of— . . ~ Alexandra. , ..E.Wickham Bay of 151and5............. —.;.. John Williams Cambridge......' James Hally Coromandel R, Nazer Eden Terrace..'...'.:.'..'...:.'. W.Reid Gi5b0rne................. .William Adair Grafton Rood ..A- Ashton Hamilton East Dey and French Helensville.... ~ ........;..D. Stewart Howick • '. Albert Grover Kaukapakapa , .Frank Dye Mahurangi Matthew Angove MSora}:::::::::: \.Mwtfr&b Mongonui... .R. M. Houston Newmarket..- John McColl Newton Joseph Warren Newcastle.;. .....T. 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jor , i « before 1 Town and Country Orders promptly attended tied in to. ' ■' ■ ■ . , ■ -thbut ' r~~ —■ — stance,' MADAME BOT T E NEL LI, never ItX MILLINER, DRESS, AND MANTLE iciiiga Maker, begs to inform the public that-Bhe is never1 how selling the ENTIRE STOCK; at less than rgoing, HALE the original PRICE.. ■ -.'■' 'never , An early call will prove the fact. • lissrul •.; _~.,.. icakor, , 2'B. QUEEN STREET. word' ~ , , , *" ~' r never1 T ° ° X H E R E ! 1 ithont; -L_ Corrugated Tanks, cheap, and '■ ro'are' always'on hand. .]ff or R. T U D E H 0 P E, You ..I UPPER QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND., : -over; Gaafltter, Plumber, Bellhangor, Coppersmith, ' Own I—• ■/, an.d 2"10 Worker. '.Tiom' HoT. Cold, and Shower Baths. GasFittingß S'"ns ~;■>., IN every variety. i your; , Work Done hi the best Btyle, ' nngh-, \~ — - • lie of; THE STAR BAK E R V,' !bf the: JL ; JAMES FERGUSON, .". 1 Spers, : _ • .- ' • jether' Corner of Durham arid Chapel Streets, Irj-^f BHKAD AND SMALL GOODS BAKER. . ' in to ~ othe *S. | Orders promptly attended to. _» ■ivory Ti N. GARN IE R, : irron- . -*-A | Manufacturing Jeweller, P and! ,;_ _ DEALER IN CURIOS Great' , Albert Street (noar Star Hotel), Auckland. ' Utr _3 wi ki lnd? of Curioß-Ornamental Kauri Gum, "1> w Wholesale and Retail; Shells of every deßcrin jrtam tion mounted at moderate charges, teriod 4 N Early Trial is Respectfully Solicited inco- Repairs of every description. , fthe .''.'■■■■ On Parle Frangais. •' ..'. Ming ZZ~: ■■ ■ , ' ! ~ I I'yoS \\T S E R, V I C E It it.' .' .7 ,*.., (Near Mr. Lambourn's) Mrs.: . --IRANGAHAPE ROAD, pour Jn thanking the Wholesalo Houses, Manufac -8 of £ ur _ora- and Dresßmakora for the^patrohagehe tho haS ro. ce v? d in fWHngs and Killings, wishes tnq I . , to inform them that he now makes }n Fancy Boxes, "„£ Orders for whioh will bejromptly attended to. ,oly T° HN MAXWELL, t>_3 5r STOPPING & FAMILY BUTCHER, thq SStS? Street, Faun's. Bay, Auckland. M f .J >o?'7 ofnUk!n^dresßedtoordor. Pickled *»q Ox, and Sheop. Tonfrhea. Home-cured Bacon "» ■fiftU^ ,£° mcdJ3°°r on salo inkegs a_d our; ZTtS' < l',a,lty guaranteed. Familes waited 3 Suam* ggfofc dty ttnd SUbnrb3- ;P$S 'oi gYMONDS STREET MEAT DEPOT. ifej I ENOCH WOOD, Family Butcher. 49 \T^ ea l .t-iA 0"V oat Mount Albert, Ensom (T: Mount Eden, Carlton Grove, Lower Symonds ml Sml t; N,° wton> 2 nd Edon Terrace. bynlond3 ♦>?! n'lV olas, squ"lif,'" reasonable prices. ■" tO-j /, Cash oustomers liberally treated. ' ~ m" j ■■ Inspection Invitbdj ■■-. ;. ■;.;,, MTT '»« A.'F T 0 H-. lis ' * Basket & Perambulator Maker, lie' _.',,_, Junction of Queen and Grey Streets. Vl •tf LaroeStock ok Fancy Baskets always on Hand. j^j Discount to Wholesale Dealers. Id -Tl iIAI>ERY ' MILLINERY, %%s)k&' Parnell. [Composed on board the barque 'Algoaßajr* en route from Glasgow to Wellington]. WILLING TO DIE. The King rode royally into town. In splendor and glory and pomp rode he ; The people they followed him up and down, And each one wished that a king he could be; But the King he thought, as he graciously bowed: "Ah 1 would I were one of this happy crowd." The King lay still on his royal bed- Still in deep death did the great King lie. " Alas 1" cried the people, " his Highness is dead I How hard it must be for a King to die," But tho King, ere he died, was heard to pray : "O God I how I thank Thee for this sweet day!" THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN REMEDY For Chest Complaints and Diseases of thk Respiratory Organs. It has proved effectual in tho relief and entire cure of persons sufferings from Colds, Coughs, Bronchitis, Bronchial Asthma, Asthma, Conges tion of the Lungs, Consumption in its earlier stages, and Liver Complaints. It is used with advantage in the promotion of tho secretion of urine, and for diseases of tho kidneys. It is invaluable in cases of nicotine poisoning, and highly beneficial to inveterate smokers. Baron Yon Mueller, of Melbourne, whose famo as a scientist and botanist extends to both hemis pheres, speaks of it as an antidote for snake bites. It is an herbal remedy—being a weed known by tho Aborigines of Queensland as the Coolah Plant, and to Botanists as "EUPHORBIA PILULIFERA." It may be considered the Grandest Discovery op the Age, for where medical skill even of tho highest order fails, this new remedy in nearly every case effects a cure, or it otherwise gives prompt and immediate relief-. Agent for Auckland :— J. EDSON, MEDICAL HALL, QUEEN STREET. ' "'