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to the waist." The draughtsman drew a picture of them in 

 exact accordance with this description. 



The Dutch invited them on board by showing white 

 linen and knives. But they would come no nearer than 

 a stone's throw, and again paddled away. The Dutch, 

 however, thought that their meaning was friendly, and 



TASMAN'S PICTURE OF MAORIS. 

 (From the Journal of Tasman, ed. by J. E. Heeres.) 



determined to anchor as near shore as they could. Seven 

 prows came out, but again no business could be done. 

 So the skipper of the Zeehaen launched his cock-boat, 

 no doubt with friendly meaning. Whereupon the people 

 in one of the prows began to paddle furiously, and rammed 

 the cock-boat. Then " the foremost man in this prow 

 of villains with a long blunt pike thrust the quartermaster 

 Cornelis Joppen in the neck several times, with so much 

 force that the poor man fell overboard. Upon this the 

 other natives, with short thick clubs, which we at first 



