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roads, and by liis influence and example not alone induced 

 several chiefs to abstain from interposing obstacles in the 

 way of that much-needed improvement, but even prevailed 

 upon several of his relatives to take a part in their construc- 

 tion. His determination to accompany the Novara was solely 

 the result of a long-cherished desire to see foreign lands and 

 races. Hemara Rerehau Paraone was fired with a similar 

 wish. He was the son of a wealthy relative of Toe-toe, and 

 had been baptized at an early age. From 12 to 18 he had 

 frequented a school founded by the English missionaries, 

 where he learned to write his mother tongue, and a' little 

 English, arithmetic, geography, and history, besides the 

 accomplishments of sowing, corn-growing, grinding flour, 

 and baking bread.* 



* These two Maories, who at first werevery much depressed, soon got reconciled 

 to their new sphere, and by their excellent conduct and obliging disposition, pre- 

 sently became great favourites among the crew. Only during our rough passage 

 round the Horn, the tremendous storms and the unaccustomed severity of the cold 

 caused them gi-eat uneasiness ; they thought, as they themselves said, that " they 

 must have died then ; " and great were their longings for their native country. 

 When at last they arrived safely and in excellent health at Trieste, they travelled to 

 Vienna in company with one of the members of the Expedition, where, through the 

 kindness of Privy Councillor von Auer, they entered into the Imperial-Royal Print- 

 ing House, and were also instructed in the most important [and interesting particu- 

 lars of European civilization. Mr. Zimmerl, a member of that Institution, who had 

 made the Maori idiom a special study, taught them English and German, as well as 

 the manipulation of types and lithography, besides copper-plate engraving and draw- 

 ing fi'om nature. So intelligent and anxious for improvement did they prove them- 

 selves to be, that the Imperial Government were requested by the Directors of the 

 State Printing Office to present the two Maories on their return to their native 

 country with the necessary implements to enable them to avail themselves at home of 

 the knowledge they acquired under such creditable circumstances. During their nine 

 months' stay in Vienna, they were made acquainted with all the " lions " of the 



