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peaches, apricots, grapes, olives, gooseberries, currants, 

 hops, gorse for fences, and English oaks ; also many 

 kinds of flowers. Around the farmyard there were stables, 

 a thrashing-barn with its winnowing machine, a black- 

 smith's forge, and on the ground ploughshares and other 

 tools : in the middle was that happy mixture of pigs and 

 poultry, lying comfortably together, as in every English 

 farmyard. At the distance of a few hundred yards, where 

 the water of a little rill had been dammed up into a pool, 

 there was a large and substantial water-mill. 



All this is very surprising, when it is considered that five 

 years ago nothing but the fern flourished here. Moreover, 

 native workmanship, taught by the missionaries, has 

 effected this change ; — the lesson of the missionary is the 

 enchanter's wand. The house had been built, the windows 

 framed, the fields ploughed, and even the trees grafted, by 

 the New Zealander. At the mill, a New Zealander was seen 

 powdered white with flour, like his brother miller in 

 England. When I looked at this whole scene, I thought 

 it admirable. It was not merely that England was brought 

 vividly before my mind ; yet, as the evening drew to a 

 close, the domestic sounds, the fields of corn, the distant 

 undulating country with its trees, might well have been 

 mistaken for our fatherland : nor was it the triumphant 

 feeling at seeing what Englishmen could effect ; but rather 

 the high hopes thus inspired for the future progress of this 

 fine island. 



Several young men, redeemed by the missionaries from 

 slavery, were employed on the farm. They were dressed 

 in a shirt, jacket, and trousers, and had a respectable 

 appearance. Judging from one trifling anecdote, I should 

 think they must be honest. When walking in the fields, 

 a young labourer came up to Mr. Davies, and gave him a 

 knife and a gimlet, saying that he had found them on the 

 road, and did not know to whom they belonged ! These 

 young men and boys appeared very merry and good- 

 humoured. In the evening I saw a party of them at 

 cricket : when I thought of the austerity of which the 

 missionaries have been accused, I was amused by observ- 

 ing one of their own sons taking an active part in the 

 game. A more decided and pleasing change was mani- 

 fested in the young women, who acted as servants within 

 the houses. Their clean, tidy, and healthy appearance, 

 like that of dairy-maids in England, formed a wonderful 



