A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand

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Author

Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838

Title

A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827

Credits

Produced by Jonathan Ingram and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)

Subject

New Zealand -- Description and travel

Category

Text

eBook-No.

11933

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11933

Release Date

April 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A NARRATIVE OF A NINE MONTHS' RESIDENCE IN NEW ZEALAND
2. 2.AUGUSTUS EARLE — DRAUGHTSMAN TO HIS MAJESTY'S SURVEYING SHIP — "THE BEAGLE."
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.CHAPTER I — VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY
6. 6.CHAPTER II — RECEPTION BY THE NATIVES
7. 7.CHAPTER III — A RAMBLE ASHORE
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — THE HOKIANGA RIVER EIGHTY YEARS AGO
9. 9.CHAPTER V — JOURNEY OVERLAND TO BAY OF ISLANDS
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — MEETING WITH THE CHIEF PATUONE
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — A MAORI VILLAGE
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — TOILSOME JOURNEY THROUGH THE FOREST
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — THE MISSIONARY SETTLEMENT AT KERIKERI
14. 14.CHAPTER X — THE BAY OF ISLANDS
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — THE MASSACRE OF THE "BOYD"
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — THE FIRST SETTLEMENT AT KORORAREKA
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — MAORI NON-PROGRESSIVENESS
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — A MISSION SETTLEMENT
19. 19.CHAPTER XV — A VISIT FROM HONGI
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI — INTERVIEW WITH THE GREAT MAORI CONQUEROR
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — A MAORI WELCOME
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — EXCURSIONS IN THE INTERIOR
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX — ENTERTAINED BY MAORI WOMEN
24. 24.CHAPTER XX — LOADING SPARS AT HOKIANGA
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI — DEATH OF A GREAT CHIEF
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII — BRUTAL MURDER OF A WIFE
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII — ANOTHER JOURNEY TO BAY OF ISLANDS
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV — VISIT OF A WAR PARTY
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV — BURNED OUT OF HOUSE AND HOME
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI — A HOSTILE DEMONSTRATION
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII — THE LAW OF RETALIATION
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII — A WAR EXPEDITION AND A CANNIBAL FEAST
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX — SLAVERY AMONG THE MAORIS
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX — PIRATICAL SEIZURE OF A VESSEL
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI — THE CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII — THE ART OF TATTOOING
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII — TRIBAL GOVERNMENT AND RELIGION
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV — THE MAORI VIEW OF CHRISTIANITY
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV — THREATENED INVASION BY HONGI
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI — ARRIVAL OF A WARSHIP
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII — THE WHALERS AND THE MISSIONARIES
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII — THREATENED WAR
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX — CONSTRUCTION OF A PA
44. 44.CHAPTER XL — A SHAM FIGHT
45. 45.CHAPTER XLI — RETURN OF THE BRIG.—AN EXCITING INCIDENT
46. 46.CHAPTER XLII — WAR-LIKE EXPEDITION TO THE THAMES
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII — VISITS OF WHALERS
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV — VISIT OF TWO SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS
49. 49.CHAPTER XLV — THE DEATH OF HONGI
50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI — A TRIBAL CONFLICT
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVII — THE DEATH OF KING GEORGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVIII — DEPARTURE FROM BAY OF ISLANDS
53. 53.CHAPTER XLIX — THE JOURNEY TO HOKIANGA
54. 54.CHAPTER L — EUROPEAN PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE
55. 55.CHAPTER LI — OBSERVATIONS ON THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE MAORIS
56. 56.CHAPTER LII — A MAORI TANGI
57. 57.CHAPTER LIII — CHARACTER OF THE NEW ZEALANDERS
58. 58.CHAPTER LIV — THE SETTLEMENT AND TRADE OF HOKIANGA
59. 59.CHAPTER LV — MASSACRE OF A SCHOONER'S CREW
60. 60.CHAPTER LVI — FAREWELL TO NEW ZEALAND
61. 61.APPENDIX I — MASSACRE OF CAPT. FURNEAUX'S BOAT'S CREW — CANNIBALISM OF THE MAORIS
62. 62.APPENDIX II — THE DEATH OF WHAREUMU (KING GEORGE)

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