Janvany 14, 1860.j THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE, 27 
always ways closely appressed, while with chloroform they j on a huge block of gu -stone standing upright or on, been seen alive since e 1650. From all accounts, the 
were rarely so. Ngan ak sey pel wp did not show for | the ran path bétween the ten ling lake of Roto , and the arrivalief 
some part the n pes ich constantly varied. | hana and Taupo; ut paip y the Abo: ntry, who slau Eoi rose 
IL. “ On the 5 Tm Use mata in Vegetable monument to keep h mor ry a in New Zealand, | for their osli, one, mad feathers; the “flesh d eggs 
Nutrition”? By Major Hall, The more impor rtan t | for by the present generation of “natives. he “sill ‘be were rove ‘the bon s were © converted i into fishhooks, the 
points adv erted to in this paper have stint D skulls were used for , and the 
given in and the subduer of Heke and Rangi ihaeata ; they will erg were celebrated as ornaments r the hair. 
Mise: anan Communications.—Dr. Balfour exhibited idis perie ke him for the achools md hospitals he esta- | The natural causes which has tened the eniinn of 
a stem of Astrapæa Wallichiana, yielding a large aie panner ip endowed m sie wis the geo ogi 
tity of mucilage. When the stem is cut and put into m pure hasing spirits and gunpowder, for | duced on the ¢ ountry ; New Zealand was s perhaps å 
alcohol the exudation of this mucilage becomes very | friendly feelings towards them, for the Resident Magis- | great 
evident. —It was also noticed tha t some stems of the | trates’ Act, and for rescuing from 0 ivion some of their difficult to conceive that such <i ne birds. were ever 
tne sevviers ne 
being cut down, showed a large ee of white crystals | be remembered as the last Goversor who had despotic wow known by that na 
on their surface. These had been analysed by Dr. Simpson power, for the peace ne prosperity his rule brought to Zealand has long enjoyed a great 
in the University laboratory, and had been found to| the country, for his chea pland ee for retarding ee Dr. Thomson is of opinion that it fally 
consist of chloride of potassium.—Dr. Mac , Ber- | self-government for v6 years, for la “i ee deser rves 
wick, sent roots of an Elder tree taken from a water- | foundation of a constitution more  iiberal than of Yo season ean be reckoned unhealthy in New 
i i oll “ The | ti ited He Aaa Ba re es ven the winter months, mer within aa 
enclosed production was brought to me by the ‘Senet: | with me © colonists es and no man armed with despotic deems zone invariably cause most deaths, pass ov 
tendent of Works here. When moist it was much power so amon, mè a community of Anglo- |the settlers almost uniñdicated by am incr 
more bulky, the radicles very brittle. It Sioni. “aeres aupbasibio rulers have, nevertheless, this | mortality. New Zealand will be found me invaluable 
occupied el ae obstru e main 6-inch | satisfaction; if they do good, they invariably e | residence for Europeans who have lost. their health: ae 
ar -pipe leading et reservoir into the se see ner em have gone, on like death, their | India, China, or the warm districts of higtralld 
of Bk The 8 feet deep, and | de % li the gate to good fame an d eztin- | is proved by the low mortality which occurs in New 
ou over with clay ude, thecagh all which, and po ry wavy? age from fevers, liver complaints, and diseases of 
through some fissure at a joint, the small rootlet h One of the most curious parts of these volumes mach and bowels; maladies which drive 
penetrat rated. _ Task ed what were the nearest plants, and | the account of the rar ha appily now extin- Baopens, from mee nd the tropics to search for 
t ld en „mapected of being the | guished, for which the New rs Once well Hope, Egypt, Malta, and 
pong a were a ted.”—Mr. Pater- | rious. It would ap that t savages were not | other countries, To ‘old Indians, who have suffered 
of Restalri, g Park, a a paine a f Solanum Ban bitually man- apia ‘they se y viriam in ea e from no obvious organic disease, but whose minds 
capal trum, c ge berries. n oh heir captives or the de ad who were killed | bodies are exhausted by the high temperature of the 
Sollowing Ofc bearers were Elected :—Prof, in batt tle. ibed | tropics, New Zealand will be found a peculiarly healthy 
Allman, president; W. H. Lowe, Dr. Seller, A, le e New Zealanders theatres: in diferent ways. residence. Š * shi It w vould be foreign to speculate here on.. 
Murray, and Prof. beltoar ur, vice-presidents; F. Anderson, | One story “relates that a w co: 
J. G. Booth, jun., George S. Lawson, Dr. Cleland, | ing “the spirit Vs har deified man i Tatar The paap | climate of New Taaa to Anglo-Saxons; but ‘it pro- 
A. J. Macfarlan, T. Barclay, John M. Hunter, Dr. John | was co msequently sacred. A m med Kae ate a| bably arises from the evenness of the perature at 
Sibbald, John Anderson, and W. Ivory, members of | portion of this shia; which sectile idos act was e all seasons, the constant agitation the wind produces 
council ; Dr. Greville, honorary secretary ; Dr. Mac- | valent to eating the body of Tutunui. In revenge, the in the atmosphere, and the circumstance that, from 
lagan, foreign secretaty; W. Brand, W.S., auditor 3 | descendants of Tatati killed and ate Kae. Kaes Pn i i idi 
P. Neill per sh 3; Neil Stewart, artist ; " fr iends in return ate one of Tutunnui’s descendants, and 
por mm curator ; and J. Sadler, 1 
stant curator, Several gentlemen were elected continuance, Bat rhap s ‘the art "oË these volumes aio we 
ordinary fibon. “Whether or on cannibalism comme a im 5 Jat inte with our 
mediately after the advent of the New Zealan the author offers a good deal of advice to niuia 
Notices of Books. from Hawaiki, it is nevert’ rare cer tain i that rn “of With h a few extracts from an chapter we must break 
in boat sailors was eaten in ; that 
s crew eaten in rrr; rth eres deFresne| “Ther ctical use in weighing one colo 
The Story of New Zealand ; Past and esent- | and many ot navigators met this horrible e end; = peed mother, Ma that m s $ is Rane bet for the por 
z Arthur 8. Thosieen, M.D. | that oe pioneers of civilisation and successive mis- | emigrant where food grows fast, the weir ae = te i 
A 2 at small 8yo. 7 itda sionaries have all borne testimony to the universal pr j d pleasant, and the race Prone not degen where 
good history of New Zealand was much wanted, and waleach of werent in New Zealand up to the year good land i is cheap and the pe A govern poni selves; 
rA eia i p- aaa vl endeavoured to supply the) 140, It impossible to state how aa ' thew i e, fuel and Aar: abun- 
hod Ti n the two volumes now before us. Having Zeslanders ove annually devoured ; that the number | dant, and competence "follows moderate indù 
r the Ps Rg He: the colony and acquired a knowledge | was not sma all may be inferred from two: facts | It is m own conviction that all these requisites ae 
good authority wei he must be admitted to be authenticated by European witnesses. In 1822, Hongi’s | found m dovilopai in New Zealand ay i 
kasat statements he or will army ate persons after the aptare of Totara, on | other English colo nays on are several oli of th 
That and eaten 
f } daat 
the Rotorua now before re me, b rA | indirect evidence 
ri 
view of th 
ings were cooked ten in two ipren In 1853, a vessel freighted 
istol preng na ae ah whic ich be by place days. The eaten were enemies slain in battle, | with ma women, pr ébildren, descendants of rene 
ee on fb 5 ost sait are the hought most and men, women, and children taken prisoners, The | Scote h Highlanders who settled in Nova Scotia 
pen discredit upon the regime ental o fticers — of the wie two ur seldom a yas on the eiry ning of the century, arrived in "the harbour of 
| balism was rarely pract uring peace. hen slaves | Auckland. ‘These emigrants spoke the lan uage of the 
ca as Am oy pave Be ar account of the | y ten in peaceful times by chi, uar gpd = Gael, and had pre onveni"™ nadul ulterated oh them 
bm y i ulate a at inha ti oF te comprehending | were the secret causes of tbis unusual customs long since paaien in their fatherland. In 
pore. Sige r a skete re elias y po | There are few New Zealanders above 40 aie ae pd 1851, they migrated from Nova Scotia and Canada to 
dlimate, tet with E a es or the abits o g, che 4 Pe Sos not partaken of human flesh, a sure ee Australia, but finding the summer-heat in that conti- 
natives, beng fairs, tpérstitions. customs, husban odry, r agor aral story of of Pompe nee in the country.” | nent harder to bi than the seven mouths of winter in 
rt is ent 
e pa ely 
à history of the islands from their discov discovery up to| well know 
s n We may, oe, a “thor re eastern mee Meath prater ps wg t 
their first regular colonisation mr br when Captain | graphic deseri We may, were, quote now as p Aene and happy. Since on 
ep iad eraila aai hinata oo "The third i “tae “ Indescrii des agg of New Zealand forests | year other ships laden with oon omg have arrived 
part is devoted : 1859, 5 mon 3t | for, the lovers There paon of red at Auckland from North America, and a stream 
aie tal on of of i goers =s trees are seen yh mah and fresh generations rising | of emigration is pouring in i that country.—One 
tion ve popula: | 7 around the moss-covered trunks o fallen patriarchs, of the most agreeable circumstances connected with 
and to sivilce to is i e profound ce w reigns in these regions | the country is the attachment settlers acgnire for it 
ao eer uces a pleasing gloom on the mind, and he scene | after a few years’ residence, and ‘the ease with which 
o i i hom 
wh 
the repulse of a storming party of En = Come in an i i 
trees, or the parrots’ shrill screech, as birds which 
iaza a> suko a sivo stockade, is come being the enliven the outskirs p hearing are mute in their 
Dr. Thomson writes with facilit , describes heer lear- | a a oh ay op Sy sa 
pam, condenses with skill, and Spey ie rage it sn, with: vr 4 
authority in all mat hristroas the Pohutukaua sag 
red with scarlet flowers, and is 
-A My 
character of the country, as few become similarly 
attached to the broad and arid plains of A _ 
Aro 
es ees “the air 
