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NEW ZEALAND 



CHAP. XVIII 



Amongst the natives there is absent that charming simpHcity 

 which is found at Tahiti ; and the greater part of the Enghsh 

 are the very refuse of society. Neither is the country itself 

 attractive. I look back but to one bright spot, and that is 

 Waimate, with its Christian' inhabitants. 





HIFPAH, NEW ZEALAND. 



