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A Nine Months’ Residence in New Zealand

by Augustus Earle

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  1. 1Epigraph — Introduction
  2. 2Chapter I — Voyage From Sydney
  3. 3Chapter II — Reception by the Natives
  4. 4Chapter III — A Ramble Ashore
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Hokianga River Eighty Years Ago
  6. 6Chapter V — Journey Overland to Bay of Islands
  7. 7Chapter VI — Meeting With the Chief Patuone
  8. 8Chapter VII — A Maori Village
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Toilsome Journey Through the Forest
  10. 10Chapter IX — The Missionary Settlement at Kerikeri
  11. 11Chapter X — The Bay of Islands
  12. 12Chapter XI — The Massacre of the “Boyd”
  13. 13Chapter XII — The First Settlement at Kororareka
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Maori Non-Progressiveness
  15. 15Chapter XIV — A Mission Settlement
  16. 16Chapter XV — A Visit From Hongi
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Interview With the Great Maori Conqueror
  18. 18Chapter XVII — A Maori Welcome
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Excursions in the Interior
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Entertained by Maori Women
  21. 21Chapter XX — Loading Spars at Hokianga
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Death of a Great Chief
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Brutal Murder of a Wife
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Another Journey to Bay of Islands
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Visit of a War Party
  26. 26Chapter XXV — Burned Out of House and Home
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — A Hostile Demonstration
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — The Law of Retaliation
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — A War Expedition and a Cannibal Feast
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — Slavery Among the Maoris
  31. 31Chapter XXX — Piratical Seizure of a Vessel
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — The Climate and Productions
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — The Art of Tattooing
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — Tribal Government and Religion
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — The Maori View of Christianity
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — Threatened Invasion by Hongi
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — Arrival of a Warship
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — The Whalers and the Missionaries
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — Threatened War
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX — Construction of a Pa
  41. 41Chapter XL — A Sham Fight
  42. 42Chapter XLI — Return of the Brig — An Exciting Incident
  43. 43Chapter XLII — War-Like Expedition to the Thames
  44. 44Chapter XLIII — Visits of Whalers
  45. 45Chapter XLIV — Visit of Two South Sea Islanders
  46. 46Chapter XLV — The Death of Hongi
  47. 47Chapter XLVI — A Tribal Conflict
  48. 48Chapter XLVII — The Death of King George and Its Consequences
  49. 49Chapter XLVIII — Departure From Bay of Islands
  50. 50Chapter XLIX — The Journey to Hokianga
  51. 51Chapter L — European Preparations for Defence
  52. 52Chapter LI — Observations on the Social Conditions of the Maoris
  53. 53Chapter LII — A Maori Tangi
  54. 54Chapter LIII — Character of the New Zealanders
  55. 55Chapter LIV — The Settlement and Trade of Hokianga
  56. 56Chapter LV — Massacre of a Schooner’s Crew
  57. 57Chapter LVI — Farewell to New Zealand
  58. 58Appendix I
  59. 59Appendix II

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