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the encouragement of the \ wst passions . For the $ ake of paltry facilities » u Europeans have
lent themselves to betray one tribe ^ o £ i ^ ative $ to their ene-. mies , and helped to shobfe them defenceless * fr&m their ships . Corrosive sublimate has been
imported for h&fr ves to administer to thojr jfrieiids . One ruffian , the master of a vessel ^ has openly boasted of poisoning troublesome people With lauda-.
num . Heads , bought while the ears were yet alive to overhear the horrible bargain , have been sold in Sidney as curiosities . Within the first few
years after the Missionary Society established the first settlement , " a hundred persons at least " were murdered in cold blood in their immediate neighbourhood . * We remember to
have read of a villain who kidnapped a bridegroom , and took him to Sidney , careless how he might return , if ever , for a joke ! . Such is the wanton barbarity with which men from a Christian country treat the poor
savages ; New Zealand lies to the south east of the insular continent of Australia , at about the same distance from the ; equator as Spain . The Extent pi' the tivp large islands which are included under the name is probably 95 , 000 square N * njte $ > pA * U >> ye 60 ^ 0 ^ 000 ( £ c # es , ab < piu ^» the ,, size of Great Britain . They are long ami narrow * * ukL « xK tend neaxly north kndsouthyin tha tfotfm wf ^ an Jrre ^ klar iboM ^ i There i& > a vast Vange of Wtfun ^ <
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Jtoins . ^ vidhiehi hav ^ ^ hi ^ V % tijr called ) the back-boae ^ trdiey ^ - ing thei cen ^ ei bf * the * f bahtry ; bays and &a * b # urs a ^^ ttered
in profusion along thfe ^ brfes of boto island ^; and iher ^ is a continual succ € Jssio 4 ( ft Wvers an d lakes , extensive fofiests ,
valleys , open country , } and plains , in the utmost variety . The climate is so tempered by the insular portion- andathe , mountain range , which in parts i
result is the most extraordinary fertility . The timber of ; . the forests is large , well grp ^ n , # nd immensely valuabie ^ , > fa , fine kind of flax , already < be < $ > nie ; famous , and ni ^ ia ^ y sorts of , fer n * excellent fodder for cattle ,, are arnong the indigenous
vegetables . Potatoes and maize are staple articles ^ of the comnterce . Wheat , the vine , the hop ; and in short , all European v ^ g ^ tabjes , thrive luxuriantly . Cc ^ l ^ irbn , and slate are amonff the
minerals . Among the anunatproauctions are < birds . pt W ny kinds , Jiogs ^ rnwy * d ^ r ^ nt seals , various species of ^ hale , «\ nd . ^ u | id ^ At \ s ^^ ate ? J ^ h ,: N 0 pevhapsj possesses so extensive a line ofLcoastage > f 0 uit 3 size . The following list oftexriell&nt ferboujs is > " curknm ! > fr ^ m its * ten ^ th / many ' ^ f them " ( are bffextj ^ rditoy " cap ^ citjr : ^ -
? m itti < Britteti Cdll 6 ^ i ^ atioi liif ^ c ( W ^ eaii « na>— pV ^ 57 , ^ ndetsewhire . *; f - ' -: i '
