STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT

AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1881.

EARLY SKETCHES OF NEW ZEALAND.

NO, IMPORT NICHOLSON.

FIEST VISIT AND, IMPRESSIONS.

ABOUT .the ending year, of 1839 we .ap proached .Taranaki on a joyful .morning. Bowling along in. a comfortable old India-, man, iwith a sou-west breeze, the snow topped cone of Mount Egniont gradually arose on the pbrt! bbw, and, of coureerex'1 clamatioris of delight were heard from 'the passengers on all sides.' This'first sight of ■ land, after.a somewhat eventful voyage— from storms, calms, mutinous cr6w_, one or; two naval martinets; etc;—galvanized the perplexed voyagers into good humour and: partial forgdtfillness of all past discc-rafitare1. AH .were impresse^, favourably with the' first appearance of Marge extent of avail able land, pleasantly featured by the 'noble mountain before them; ' sloping ■ from a height of 8,270 feet; Ayith graceful regularity, and stretching on.both sides along a large: extent :of; country.1." ;," .'. '.'-■.' ~ £\''' 'Running with a crowd of salt into Cook Straits1 impressions; of 'the : southern coast were'iiot' of so; favourable a tone 5 huge, abrupt; lumpy upheavals presented difficul ties of location even for goatsj Entering the Heads of ''■ Oi:

POET NICHOLSON

a.group .of passengers were regarding .the exclamations of a', captious' passenger— whose acerbijty was always, in readiness to cbrredt'expressions of'sentimentover.beau-; ties'-.of nature', -whether of .majesty, or Italiansoftness., . '.'Bless me !, what/a selll the idea of temoving thbusanqs^priniles^to lie ifirust into a g&orny sea-lagpon.Tike this, hemijie<l in by''daedf,l masses of mountains springingfrom the' Very edge of 'the shoresI'!' Presently, two or three-ships, arid three .'or four small craft appeared at anchor, and a jnile'or.so of Bniall we&ther-bbarded houses ai*d rau'po hi^ts,.distributed' at :irregtUar internals along the sh6re; at the base of the high, •^densely-Wooded land, aM called Xambton,, from flic name; U .one of the promoters 'at . the^.Z.-Cottpaiiy, m^co^ function; with tier talented E. J. Wakefield. iDimeaiately uporilalnding the boat-lo'ad'jof <T:een,pioneers were seen straggling, asi if sunder' the influence of stronger Dptatibns than each' was inclined to saspect his' rieigh iwur'had; indulged. in!.!' 'The', first, idea yhs '"not liaving their'shdre le|s,!* biit fcoon'tlfe 'conviction seized them that:iin eartifiijTiake "^W.wpplihg'''th'enfib'putf;I'litowever,,they "were informed'by those iiiore'tolqnized that '"that'was' npthing;rsbbn,get iised'.to^ltj" Jollity-^asn(ivftfe';pr(ler :of. the day, t ahxl avaaable'spbts vreri chosen to pitch/ fen'ts, treakwinds; .blanket^partitions, in ropms, "ten or twelre fee't!sn«are;: atigolden"rents. and 06 bthe^.^claM'hptels-^omef'df '' other's ;of '"raupo !' and 'canViia^ r\vhich, notwithstanding , the, ii^blusbirig pretensions presented by tbj sigii,-pa.inter, aftorded us lnducemfehts, wittriri ute engage :even!'a "'shake-ao;^;'; for,' the;,'entire ' spaces- 'enclosed by tKb. primitive .arcnitec !'ture 'seemed occupied,', 'by, boards on &ifk ' he^dsfbr'counters,'boxes,: fcobkui^ jitensils, . and J sailors' bunks, intensely; bdorbus; with ' rttm afid to]baccci : sni<)ke'. ;"Tte first ap£eair ""a^nce^'bn'tEe 'lifeach;-of;: jij group of nattjes 'frb'm, a^cAnpe1 'gaVe'tli'e'Hvhite strangeis a ' pleasing impr'essiotf of' uns'ophisticate'dhess. The lip and chin-fattooed ladies,'; wiih'mat clad hip's, and tauscußne"-shirt-arms tied 'round'ineir'iiebkg; the:bra^jhy;males'with "tatto'de'd' faces, partially : clad; bodies, with bla.nkets, dingy mate, and in one'instanrie 'a iai^'s'Jetticbat only—aU^iiattefl, as we innocently believed, to cover thbir'bare legs. Out came note-book, and down went the words .l'hbkoT"i.'-'iitfourney" (gold), "herring,','-etc., .utterances, which were • made by'them with up-tunifed, smiling faces?*se£'pff with perfect,'r^s'bf 'teeth, outvieingall'bur(d!entistry ß \' J lJ;,i ( ~H , 'Bya small riyulet,.the superintendent of f the.;settlement, ~\ Cplbhei-, \yatefield,; was •.cpnifqrtably Ipcatiedm a' npji^ ! cottage.>ith ,'.flagstaff.,embellishedjlhy .' ,and;,^^.flowers.".';, \ Tjie .coliJiiet. jreceijFed ,] .his . 'with' '.pleasing' urbanity aiid 'evi dently , £teißpJtypi;d; description' of. suryey andptherprogress (ft tlie'^^vn and.'cbuntry. The newconie/s were.anxious"to^make early selections of' th'eir|piie'.tp)TO:acfe in.con nection with eachrone liundred-acres of country land to realise the flaming accounts at home'of, the I^ew.iZealand,', Company's ..establishment:under the expected 'auspices ■of the.British Government (after.a check had^epii j>ut. upon the company's opera tions iiirthe previojis June'.'ly the hpine. .authorities proclaiming, the.', same toJbe ,illegaL), The spirit. of emigration was arouseitothe pitch'of '.t a. i rush r . for early .selection of towu'and ■.country, allotments.' 'Surveys' of the forriier were pushed on; but the steep, denselv-cbyeredjimbuiitains were found to be difficult, tasks, and where two or three adjacent districts found to be comparatively tpmptui'g, to.'selectbrs native difficulties', appeared -Nojv ,the real, s^te of the company's pbsition;.was;:^-,£110,000 of a land revenue hadactually been reahs'ed. ...at home by, ;the, company',before t phei.pur chaselbfiany.land-had been m^de- at this their Ifs^townsbipj" »tfd'it was only three

months previous to ourarrival that the ' owner of Barret's hotel—whaler and pakeha- Maori at Taranaki a few years preyiously-^ ---had given his assistance to the cojnpany'g agent in arriving at three—what proved to be nominal—purchases from native chiefs, I comprised within the country lying between 38" and 40° lat., wherein it afterwards appeared that 10,000 other natives had such • a vested right in the twenty million acres said to be alienated.,. But-the disappoint ments arrived at their greatest pitch when it became known,before another year was past that Governor Sobson's arrival in New Zealand had resulted in. his selecting on the shores of the Waitcmata-'a site for the future capital of New Zealand, and named Auckland. This professional scrutiny of tho Governor gave great umbrage to the company, and every number of the com pany's "Gazette" fulminated bitter abuse i of Hobson for having chosen the finest sea port in the Colony, after emissaries of the company had rejected Hpkianga, theManu kau, and Waitemata. " Hobson's Choice " was paraded ■with every ridicule and vituperation by his clever but unscrupulous opponents, until eventually (as his inaugners exultingly vaunted), he !'died broken hearted." , ■ ■■-■•, \j, ■ But to return to our green-conditioned chums at the now city of "Wellington." Whilst landing, after a sliip luncheon, a day-or two following. our arrival, a small white spray was seen riding on the ; Brnqoth surface of the. harbour, advancing ata. rapid rate, suggesting 4he blow pf a small whale; but before we,.had time to make up our minds-r-whew !—came on usasquall, carry ing before it a couple' of hats, catching the;, boat broadside on; and completely, caps wing allr Jack's,order of stroke. ; Upon landing I we went into a gallant major s, store and i donned the " quite colonial "fashion of .two blue cloth caps at the cost pi half -a-sovereign each. We shortly afterwardSiObseryed other retired military .officers' stores,, who, inilie. most praiseworthy manner, did not consider it to be infra dig to turn their swords iutp \ needles and anchors; and, fortunately for I the community, their, : military_ knowledge, became opportunely available in, getting up "defences?" and "drills", in.face of native, disturbances fomented and .threatened .by the ferocious chiefs Rauparaha and Eangiai ■ heta., :l ;:, . :••..,: '■ :■, .:,• m.« 1 ..-.•!..f

Bent xipoii: a shooting excursion wo en-;, gaged-two natives to shew us up the cele brated " Hut!' vaUey, through the.bush,,to, the; large shoal ;bay pf,;Eorirua,,..and fr,oni thence twelve miles along the, ranges on : our roturn by ' a Maori track,' the only, .land outlet of Wellington. A; young' geoiogist amongst us judged that the sous of-.br.sp-; ciated texture which he had remarked, and trachy tic rocks. along the sh.qre; -over., which we stumbled, indicated that the harlxrar bi Port Nicholson was a sunken cr.ater. Several mountain streamy | collecting . in, : the /Hut valley, >cany, with them ,a, r.ich,|vegetable decomposition,- exceedingly.- .tempting to small cultivators,r.b.ut .when we arrived.there bridges had been- previously, swept away,-; together with.. several- homesteads.. and gar-' dens* the;torrent breaching into ; new chan nels. Thence we entered, the:.dense forest of supplejack, red; and ; wMte.,pines, ratas, and other varieties of ,*Ue southern "bush,"; springing out of ground originally,broken; up into steep watewvpm gullies. :The native tracks here (as elsewhere ift. New Zealand) were over the high ridges. The, sportj-wa.3 highly gratifyinfr-r-in the bagging of.pigeon and ka ka. i Amidst' the notes of the i .beaa* tifully plumaged tui—or mocking; i -bird-^: our bivtluacs.were Qf a jolly jrjidfcouifprtable sort; generallyiiinder .somet. venerable rata.; Whilstiadmiring- a tall, cocoanut-tree : lookr, ingi-nekau,. our guides;cutv.it down, anol stripping with.their tomahawks the ibulbpus base of the branches produced delicate jiink and wltite-jfijigree" layers ( of f an -escalent, iwhich, reminded j tis.of gigantic celqry eaten with salt, and accompanied with some' old sherry. Occasional sign.s\of pig tfunowings we're. Seeri;.-but the Maoni track;could npt be left without entanglements.(after, the man ner of " Laocoon and the serpeats ") in the supplejack; er risking a., somersault over the •mazy tree toots, and ujidergrosythk!,'. ...Ouciriendi Nugent was •excellent.shQt, ihis.jsporting oquip.age complete,-with:two imported dogSTrrapointer and a.ietriever-rt but in the tangled,Jforeatofc New .Zeal&nd they appeared to be as'lnufth astray :in their vocation: asitheirj master^in ids.i spotting. •His. initiation /into getting nalongr the Maori. ; tracki>yaß r:by! stepping; lupoac the •gnaded a'Oots ; pff..trees,i ana -oft) one, occat sion slippinghead-firstiintoa bed «fc Supple? ;jacki-icrasliing..andiclatteringj,with'his:guu intoagullyperfectly helpless,.!iuntilVextri •cated -5y the native: witajhis ..tomahatvkj amidst shPuts:of laughteiV;v_Nflgent shook his L tall, handsome corpit&i intoi.the jjtrim, sportsmanlike style;;again; ahd "madei'a ■note"ithafcthe!wora:eatihiWSs betterJfoot iing,-. A glimpse,ripwand then!through..the d oliagoitold «s;W6; were iv the ■midst Of, a mountain forest,: covering • confused ■ up .heaVals of the jCauntry, extending to 'the ...Tarariia ranges^ ttnd.afibrding, us hopes:of a selection of park-like land.'.-' When'at a loss "abftuttheitrack^ AiMacirij climbed:.a]large [ irata ioiieam-our; whereobottts,- and':^.e i mitenyards niade4or.:the;:head :of:Eorirua ! Betfftr. .wnal :nU hue .rAioioA wii !>nr. I

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iVroagt' pigeon, 'caiipeS' were 'ebserYed' to:'Jj'e j movingfrom' the'otlierside'Wthe^ay.iwith ; .firesticks aboard. t Our Maoris were at once : '' In quick confab, in which' weYcpuldSnake I , p^t the ; namd of;*'W^flia'eto//,;;; N6^;itiiis j .: narne'was iissowaied;^tjLrajnM,nt ( Savagery . ; and cannibalism, and 6ur: giytfes sigjiffied;a \ . ■'clear out". by carryingpur>;fife.aWay;.info : 'ihe'crdejci and^cafteririgjpnrid^as ot'ccjrh- I ' fort iiitp tliose ojE'j^anie for " ccipper MiJiii'isl" : "Ai stampedeSvasJupp^ririoi^t, "but the' dark , ness of r the : bush rendprpd B,nch impossible. Wo trees ■ were'; at hand ' clirnbable.',', Oiir : plucky lUtlefrieild BcUew'Viis-for, a; tlpse - ,standnundef : coVer pf a lai'gc-tree,, l.We loaded with;ball,'aiid but gaunt;' corripanipn Mordaunt sprang at the b/anch of a. free, "but, alas! came to.the'ground aKain^with , the loss of a trousers leg, sending his iiipble | mastiff aVay howling^'with an' accidental blo>y. .Choosing position, witii arms loaded and in readiness, we awiaited1 results! ,On came the canoes, with .jerky swinging .and vigorous digging wiihtheir ( paddles to gusty | aspirations, evidently, racing for the mouth i of the-creek. Mnzzflng the three ddgsfrcfm j barking we awaited, the return df o^.two ' Maori'icputs. Presently the canoes Wound j found the nioilth'of the1 crefek, and' we ('dis covered t that their occupants Were merely, upon'an eeling venture!" : Thus'termiaated; ,our first .impressions of beinc; killed. '/and! : :eaien.' After time' bur.'supper: was' renewed j • 'with" roasted eelsj:':wiridiii'g' up witn a I

'•'hight-cap" of "waipirAu" all round and pipes; Next'morning:, as we were marching I abreast along the sandy beach, with wallets land shouldered guns, in advance of 'Our guides,: a small streak of dark drainage crossed our way, and, not suspecting Idahgfir, _we simultaneously stepped upon it, land we innocents went down incontinently into fetid black mild.' " Blazes!" ■ roared 'podgy Bellew; "Help!" "Bottomless!" -as1 he apparently floated from his game-bag, i Down ■\yent guns into the odorous filth, and all our vigour vanished into the helpless ness of laughter. Our Maoris, by dint of hard pulling, placed us on the hard ground again, where we appeared as disreputable looking blackamoors, too repulsive to the olfactories for our dogs to approach. Shuffling a quarter of a mile to mo low water, we underwent a rough cleaning, and with the assistance of a fire outside the bush made ourselves presentable for the journey. Upon approaching a pah on the hill down scampered a score of natives with a'number of refuse fish and potatoc-fed curs before them. Now was the time for " Hero " —Mordaunt's English mastiif— to; shew them his noble breed. The yelping curs stopped suddenly, displaying their teeth like hyenas, and to our amazement "•Hero " (champion of many a hard fight) i hesitated—wheeled about, and hung tail : beside his disgusted master. Climbing the lofty up and down tracks through the dense twelve mileß of forpßt to ; Wellington we passed several parties of ; natives—chiefly women—carrying huge kits of potatoes, pumpkins, and maize for the market, preferring this toilsome journey for , the trifling difference in prices obtainable from the P'akeha-Maori trader at Porirua. : Along some parts of this route the surveyors had been at work, and, considering that "selections " had npcessarily to be;made in such broken, heavily timbered lands, we made our notes of localities, which we deemed might be the least irregular, but never for a, moment with the intention of making selections to clear and found home steads. '• • . i: . i.

AMUSEMENTS AND OCCUPATIONS. .'

j Hotel life at Barrett's1 was relieved by excursions into the mountains and round the rugged shores of Coolc Straits. Boating j was little thought of, owing to the gusty ; navigation. The two prevailing winds were conveyed across the. harbour with such . suddenness' and violence' that all skilful ! mosquito 'skippers •," were gallied to ,face them," as il" two' enormpus funnels were the 'mediums of ventilating the 'port. • So "cabined, cribbed/ and confined were the , disappointed colonists that public-house' life, ] with all kinds of dissipation, gossip, and . gambling became the chief indulgence tjf h, majority oF ybniig adventurers upon a . colonial -lifts, interspersed with' sprigs' of i younger aristocrats sent btit " to rough it" j into refprmntidn, ot to become chiefs of the ! great future of New1 Zealand. j blotches .in the, breed :brpHng out amidst' i high culture and education occasionally, i appeared'amongst several, such as a fbnd | nesS of feip-rooni "beach-comber's "society' . —practice 'of savage life, witti the uSual concomitants of (iirtymatsand blankets, i rtim, pugiliehij etc; 1 "jn .one instance that lof miserly'character'br " possession," evetf i to hiring I|iis tall,; hdiiorable persoh otlt to pedestria'nis across a river for a trifling* con sideration to save |hehv Syet feet—such leanings,- V.oubtles.^ showing1 occasionally in his present lordly: pursuits. Champagne to' riini, short'pipes,1 debts and Tags, were early steps'iii succession ;'■- in. some their "wild oats " were sown to,pe, abandoned in after years; but in a majoi-ity'of instances s'lieU, Ibwi vices obliterated almost all their early refinements, and drifted them into pernicious examples and authorities to the': uncultivated.' :" v* •' '«n""(? •*'*:''

■ One- day- a ■ bachelor.friend 'rnive us an invite' fo .Ms " opening house, .pleasantly situated abjiiitamile from the town, along side, a rivulet. "''■After v'chur(;h1 service we paid ,6ur-:vlsit. ' The house was built Of raupo upoiv a framework of poles about 30 x 16, comparatively' ri stately residence Bear the native pah. -■' Two sailbrs Were engaged' outside in an earth-formed kitchen over the elaborate dinner—the united/ portions 'of which'ixoiisisted' it kffi -k-as;'pigeon,' roast pig, pbtatotis; kumeras, find'green inlvize. Aftei' s,preliminary;glps:or two.of Mndeira we started rip the' stream1 f6r a before-dinner stroll. "^Vftilst retiirnliig o'ttr friend JJellew pulled but ofja"Maori cultivation'a'small tafo (the firtit we had seen). Upon arrival at'.thb'dpoldiig sitacC/he cut oif/a'ipiece of the fettange' root; aud tasltd. 11l iiri instant the tarQ wafi dash'ed-'dbwri, his legs ca^iere'dj and -with cohtorted yiSagel-he''yelled mtt— "blue murder ! I'm'poisbhed '."X'lUi'shin^ inside'he seized;thfe' Wandy, and- we in dmazeme'nt mingled'with-laughter returned to take up t he. root which he had castdown; "but a.hativ£i"bo'y: had aUca'dy picked it tip. Presently one of the niost hideously'tattoed savages we:had yet seen skipped up- tb'thq house''from-'-thS pa\ip 'aiid^witli tt'ombiine vbciferatibnii flourished " - l!! ''•'• v 1 'V'

A LONG-HANDLED I TOMAH-A^VK.

i iSeveralr.othqr,.natives accampdniednhim, and we, understanding nothing of the cause .'otthfcSe wa:rl,ike: manifestations; barricaded the doors. (Weapons in the house were re sorteaVtb. : t to:oldoavaraffieer;(oneof the ■giies'ts) .Beiied^a'swiord-^flourishing it, do: linanded'to head the, party^ attacked. . Tire Jacks had d ashed insidoalap, leaving their xookeryto take care of itself, i After a I few ■blowß' at the door by' the savages without, ■we found obiselves strong.froni that attack ; ■ butxivheniOiir Ibader declared that .a native had seized a fire-brnnd to burn us out .our host 'insisted, upon.facing the <listurbance outside. Aj&ordiiigly ■ the door ;was. ifluiig 'opfen,1 and we nishediout under.arnis.o The gestures of the Mabries, appeared 'to. be at ifall war. pitch.' Giving away to .our!sudden approach, over went three or four of: them, clattering amidst, the gastronomic, arrange ments of boiling pots aud spitted meats. !Thiacacaj>aile brought matters to a crisis, and gave stimulus to our vehement demands ito know the cause of the Uproar ;,but being English vernacular, of course, iti was in 'effect merely frantic .gesticulation versus Maori gestures and vociferations. That the little tard bulb was: the.object of.dispute there was no doubt,, for the tattooed wild man held it forth to us, belching out deep toned utterances like a.maniac; and^we subsequentlyr learnt that, we had desecrated the tabooed ground of a dead chief. Never theless our determined front warned, them into discretion. The culinary, remains having been served up we .fell to, w^th>ap petite fortified with some excellent wine, -finishing^iip with champagne over water and rockmelons. ■•'...,.• V.1....',-,"' ■

, " By ..George," observed bur'naval.friend, • "tljese' tta&ves rwill have to! be tahgh't a severe blesson before time' will allow'of

■appeal' to the impotent" condition of 'tile civil. aiUliorities. I 'can easily see that tfeis generation •will never be brought to be governed by our enerhies. And mark my words: You colonial people will have to do some sanguinary pioneering before you earn your estates. If you are .fo!r place, you had better'pack up, for you are naif a centuiy here before your time.", :"But," observed our host, "some peace-' fully disposed pioneers must go hand in hand with the excellent results, of mission ary'teachings. Take, for instance,'tbe fruits of reading, -\rriting, observance of the Sabbath, and adoption of our manufactured articles."

"To which," Nugent added, "They can not but be impressed witli the innumerable means of enjoyment possessed by Euro peans, and held out,to them for their pos session also; besides the utter absence of necessity to carry about with them weapons of defence when that urbane sociability characterises us in all our habits."

"Be me faith," laughed Bellew, "you may as well add : The trait exhibited to us the other day of that gentle sprig M—;on the road upon his last allowance from home, or dering a bucket of rum, and larrikins on the beach, and inviting all the ragged un washed toa corroboree until a scoro or two of the civilised humanity were strewn about at the edge of the tide after the style of rejected Herrings." " Come, come," replied Mordaiint, " things aro not yet into shape. The start ing of this colonization was attended by too : much nourish of newspaper trumpets, and altogether the wrong people induced to become the first settlers but the iritelli. gence mixed up with the unsuitable ones will in time leaven the wholb incongruity, not forgetting the pluck which is every where to be seen amongst it, and which will drive these heathenish spears and clubs entirely out of use; and to this end we must all make up our minds, .for it is evident that'sonic daring exploits are yet to be enacted before tho sottlcment can.be con sidered established.'"

"True," coincided the naval, "when the Governor arrives, and a complement or two of Jacks and redcoats, the Maories, as they call themselves, will have to fcnuckle'.itnder' to' ourwa'ys without many more displays'of repudiated laud bargains, threats, and savage'isolation. .The missionaries,' I con fess, have done good work; but I appre .herid they cannot effectually get beneath the, superficial, where Old ingraibed de basements will continually crop up and give trouble, until kept down by 'absolute fear of a sound.cudgelling." "Why, the father of;that bullying fel-. low who had to attack," rom'arkcdoiir host, " did pbtj come oiit, and put an end tbh'is : blustering, I must' learn to-morrow. The old man nad promised me perfect security in possession of this. mansion ;' and for his i arcuitect'ural services over its erection he received a Sunday' suit of clothes and a year's rent in advance,, which.appeared to, satisry.'bini to a lively extent. -He is one '■ of the.'principal'chiefs of thfe port, who signed the Treaty of Waitangi last April; ' ■ but I suppose, he will, explain that this breach of a tapu is outside l(is jiirisdiction. . However,:, we are to stepr clear Of' such' ot- \ '- fences, puzzles nip, for upou,.^ shooting ex cursion tho other !day,,we drank froni a sma,ll rivulet, and after slacking my thirst. without warning was compelled,. po render . "utu" for,the sacriligious act, the water haying .been, "rahiiieci," .for some cause I which I was unable to understand. ,'ij ~i Going to town that night, after the fracas, we indulged, our feelings by carryingmstole,' : and pur naval friend borrowed ijhe bid tpledo in.".case •'jve-.'.sh.quld be molested ;by pur, Maori,neighbour/; but we were! not aware: thattiieir objections to, nieefc spirits of the departed, :in, the, dark kept them generally, under'the blankets. I.; '.'',.,;.• ,'•■'' ~The chief witliwh<jni our, friend.had dealt for'the aHo^rnqyit waVa spcgious.pld, canni bal, of ',tlie hyena, type—of whoni,, mp'rq anon. His: son,' like'a .wild ,Indian, but withababoonish cast of.,feature's, 'rendered riiprp Hideous by roiigldy cut tatopihg as. if Qarvedbylus protoplast. (l ln. themorning we, again cain^e aicross tips'.rcmar^ajile pair amongst a'group;'of nativeSj b'ut.no,siga,,of the late bellicose affair appeared.in their demeanouiv and. we epuld got no..je'ply-jto piir e?cj)pstujat'p'ry enqiiirips save dmiles o^. a lanxb:li : kej | na,ture. ( W^c observed, fied Jlaorisqiiattnigncar/griiqefully.tattoed' with' a fine head of grey hair a^d,.heard,, and.the remark followed ',',,that.,a.ppeavs,;t6' ■06 one, of. na^ure'sj gontKpmendj'uiUess the, outsicje casKct.is, tv mere '■' .Uporv arrival >ye' ; found' liirn'^o,'be t% ctoef To Punj,^whoSyas "reputed mj.'. be, ,a, smcere qij ppwe^ upon the waters,of liarbarism; lie presented .a' pleasing cpntrast ijo, the^otlier two with liis cajm thoughtful expression. " :

.^A^ABMVAfcy,.,,

After the foregoing event in.-' ship; arrived ■with-a load.;ofj Highlanders . and their families,- under- their i Laird, Macdonald. As- they ,lmd. lauded': at'our late ihost's locality; he having spent the. night in towri withy. ,iiSj., we took, an-'tiarly walk out. Upon arriving at the; stream we: hail' the opportunity: of witnessing■the primitive inodoi of<;•'Scotch 'washing," with all its interesting display of limbs, amongst a large bevy-of jolly, laughing-lasses. Our arrival caused a boisterous stampede to thdsh'orej whilst/we attempted on our 'parts to convey to them aii idea of a blushing retreat -dlsoj after making otir obeisances for the acciden tal 'intrusion. We spent.sonic months in excursioiiizing about the rugged. shores iof "Wellington," (which name had. been ordered from" home for the : settlement), where every landing-place contained fami lies of natives; .'i' On. one-, occasioniwe" wit nessed .fh'e process ofi forming a canoe about 60 feet in length out of a totara tree (the New Zealand cedar).' About a score of natives, squatting on their hams, with pieces of mats around their loins', were chipping- with small adzes; the handles about a foot long, laslied to plane irons, the first process of hollomng out the canoe having: been performed' by burning. ■ : A £ resent of a few1 shillings gave us full cerise to ibriiig. down pigeons and k'akas. Oneortwognnswerealwaysobservedin their whares^—generally old muskets obtained from traders and Svhalers, and also the cheapest of--' " Brummagem " single and double barrels. 'U 'is;.

When it became1 known that Governor Hobsoii had chosen the: seat of Government at the North' great' indignation.1 reigned throughout the settlers. Heroic articles •appeared in the " New Zealand Company's 'Gazette." ' Authoritative leaders implanted itt the minds oi the community that:" Hob son's choice" was absurd—"a personally one'—that'.of:'>an -"official

clique" —"a political emanation of hos tility to the Company " —in an "out-of-the wprldpart"—"passed under inspection, ! and rejected by themselves " —" an old igno : rant naval oflicer, enconsing his twaddling pusillanimous acts away from the intelli gence concentrated iii the New Zealand ompany's- people at Wellington "—and setting forth the most comfortable argu ! nients that Port Nicholson was superior to all other parts of these Islands.

CTo be continued.}

Young Folks Column.

THE DIFFERENCE. Ha! now I've caught you, my burglar I Come, what have you got to say ? , What'shall be done with a rogue like, you For the mischief you've wrought to-day ? Searching my drawers and spilling The contents upon the floor; Having a beautiful time with things You never have found before ! And what have those little flngors Unrolled from tint linen wrap ? " A little doll's dress, so tunnin' and long. And a doll's dear little cap;" And a pair of little " blue sockses." Just ready /or dolly's feet; And a cloak and hood and a tiny bib 2 Oh 1 won't Miss Dolly look sweet 1 But wait a minute, my darling— You golded-halred burglar small; Those treasurers, I'll have you understand,

Weren't mcfint for a dolly at all, But just for 11 little live baby. Dimpled and blue-eyed and fair; And that lace cap sat daintily too On the rings of golden hair. And those '"sockses"—the feet that wore them

Were warnvand were soft and white , And restless, like soino other feet I know, From early morn till night. Who was that little live dolly; Come hither and look in the glass. Arid see how the goldenrhead baby has grown To a four-yoar-old rogue of, a lass.

Why is the.letter ' I. in the word " military," like the nose I—Because in stands between two 'is.

Barnaby, who has three boys under the age o( twelve yoars, says he supposed Darwin be lieved mankind to be decended from the monkey because it gets into mischief bo naturally and readily. ■

At the .Mechanical School. —" Now, John, did you ever see a saw ? " " Yes, sir, Ire saw a saw." "What saw was it you saw, John?" "It was a see-saw, sir." "A sea saucer? Whr, John, what do you mean i" "I mean a see-saw, sir." "And when did you see the Sfsa?" "Oh. sir, .1, did/it see; the sea; I suw the saw, sir." "But if you only saw the saw, how saw you the saucer? ' " why, air, 1, never saw the saucer: I saw the see-Biw, siiy-soe?" "Well, my boy, if that's the way you qeo-saws, the less saws you see the better., You may take your seat.

DEVOTIONAL GEESE.

The attachment that geese form towards per sonsArho go about them, feeding them or other i wise, is remarkable. I have often had occasion 1 to note this,, and a very striking case has just come under my notice. A miller, whose mill is on the banks of thb water of Leven, and not far frdm a village, has often been followed to the village—about a mile distant—by a flock of his geese, which invariably returned home with ton; On Sunday, when on his way to church, tho gobblers in like manner went after him, and i he, woa just about to enter tho sacred fane when ho .was made aware pf the fact. The fowls had to bo put up iii, an out-house until public worship wa3 conducted, -when they were let loose ana I went homo with their owner:

A Visit to Jerusalem.

A cOKREfiPd.VDENT writes :—Jerusalem now contains about twenty-four thousand of gene rally very poor people—the Jews, contrary to . experience elsownerc, being tho ppores". The ■ city is walled in, ami has live gates, four of which are closed eveiy night ntsunset and the fifth, guarded. The town is badly built, un hghted^-tho inhabitants, should they beoutato night, carrying lamps—mid the streets so .dirty, irregular,' and ill-paved tliat walking or riding is atmost equally unpleasant. As for a carraige or conveyance of ony kind, Buch a thing .-was' ney.ei- inside the walls, and it is-only resontly . tKat one' could be got even in Jaffa. A Ma hometan is yonr genuine' Cbhservative. Jeru salem 'ia a. cilr of.: historical and religions Ty.ouders, x and.,it would be hard to say \vhat religion possesses tho most. Tha. Church of the Holy Sepulchre not only contains the Tomb of Christ, but:that of A<lam,'of Joseph, of ' Nicqdqnius. o£':MelChis!edeeV rof .Godfrey of i Bomllou.and Bao^win. It also contains the spot wjiich ia the centre of the, earth and from, which the cnrtliSvas taken to make Adam, be sides 1 innumerable I other • objects of interest. The: really beautiful Mosque pf Orafir, which stanas.iipou tlio site o£ Solomon's Temple, con tains the rock upon which Abraham was about to'offer up Isaac,.'and from which Mahotne upon tho back pf his Steed ascended to heaven. The. rock,, it appears, wished to go wiih him, but'vims''held down by the Angel Gabriel- Gabriel's 'TingeMnarks, prettjr deep 'ones, are there; to'show for themselves. There is also a stone,.into., which .lytahoniet. drove, nineteen■ nails, ;eafch nail marks an epoch' in the-world,-: arid wh'eii'tKe last shall bo taken, out the world' shall end.!/One daythc devil got at this stone andliud taken sixteen out before ho was stopped, by the Angel Gabrieli Be grateful to the angel.; Thcsdarenotbad as far as they go, but the, mosque contains ihuch more, la a cavern underneath: the-rock I saw tlio praying places pf Elijah. David/Solomon, Abraham and.Miih oinct." The rocky ceiling contains the impress or the lottos sea. and underneath1 the cavern— the flbprof which Bounds hollow—is the well of enl, spirfs. ..Qne-.thiug greatly pleased me about Jerusalem, aud that was the certainty -n-itlr which the guides knew the exact spot upon which everything happened: It is so satisfac tory. ~:. : -i| :;: n -y . , i

r ,VptfY, S,ippuo was a Success.—'Have you Heard Sanphor asked Lysistratus. 'No,' re sponded Pnilocratcs. 'Are her readings a sne cess?*:j'Oh, crowds attend them; The women gpinsjvaring.' 'Ah, then the fair sex are be- E inning to appreoiate goodpoutry.' ' Well,' said ysletratus,' I dont't know that one can exactly say that. The truth is that Sappho puts on a different dress for each poem, and the women do appreciate a wardrobe.' ./.... ~; ■■;

: CompensationI.—' You don't seem to have made much money by bringing your hogs down here, was remarked to a farmer who had driven hogs seven miles to town," and then sold them for precisely what) ho, was offered before he left home. '\Vell, no,' said the agriculturist, pen sively,''l haven't made no money, but then,* brighteniiig, 'you.know I had the company of the hogson tho way down.'

'• The Bishop, the Glazier, and Salis bury CathedralI.—That a bishop and an archi tect could, so late as the year 1788, step down to the level of an ignorant glazier, and join with him in literally pounding to pieces the saintly 'windows of one of the most perfect churches in Christendom, and casting them, as is said, by barrow-loads into tho town ditch, would seem incredible; but there exists a letter from the glazier himself that shows how unlimited was the havoc and confiscation. Thi3 letter was written on the 10th June. 1788, by John Berry, glazier, of Harnham, to John Lloyd. Esq., of Conduit-street, Hanover-square, London, who had at least more taste than Bishop Barrington, for he cared to possess the mediteval glass which the prelate thought only worthy of a ditch. " Sir; This day I have sent you a Box full of old Staind. and Painted Glass as you desired me to due wich I hope it will sute your Purpositis the best that I can get at Present. But I expet to Beatt to Peceais a great deale very suneasithis of no use to we and we Duo it for the lead if you want eney more of the same sorts you may have what thcar his, if it will pay for Taking out, as it his a1 Deal of Truble to what Boating it to Peceais his you will send me a line as sune as posoble' for wo are goain to move ore glasing shop to a Mother Plase and thin we to save a greattJJealemoreof. the like sort wich I ham your most Omble- Servnt John Berry." The original of this elegant letter, indorsed "Berry ye Glazier about beating the flue painted Glass Window at Sarum to pieces to save the Lead," is still extant, and was lately printed in tho " Proceedinga of. tho Wiltshire Arohaologic* Society."' ™ ri > ■•: : ■- ■■• ■ '- ■ ■



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