﻿CoLENSO, 
  — 
  Ignorance 
  of 
  Ancient 
  New 
  Zealander 
  of 
  Use 
  of 
  Projectiles, 
  117 
  

  

  he 
  considered 
  tlie 
  heelaman, 
  or 
  shield, 
  an 
  unnecessary 
  appenda-ge, 
  as 
  the 
  

   hand 
  was 
  sufficient 
  to 
  turn 
  aside 
  and 
  alter 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  any 
  nunaber 
  of 
  

   spears. 
  He, 
  nevertheless, 
  highly 
  praised 
  the 
  icoomera, 
  or 
  throwuig- 
  stick, 
  as, 
  

   from 
  its 
  elasticity, 
  he 
  acknowledged 
  the 
  weapon 
  to 
  receive 
  much 
  additional 
  

   velocity. 
  He 
  was 
  visibly 
  chagrined 
  when 
  he 
  saw 
  the 
  old 
  man 
  wounded 
  

   through 
  the 
  body, 
  and 
  would 
  certainly 
  have 
  executed 
  vengeance 
  upon 
  its 
  

   author, 
  had 
  he 
  not 
  been 
  restrained 
  by 
  the 
  solicitations 
  of 
  the 
  spectators,"— 
  

   Nicholas' 
  ''New 
  Zealand;' 
  VoL 
  II., 
  p. 
  369, 
  

  

  Appendix 
  C, 
  — 
  (See 
  p. 
  114). 
  

  

  M. 
  Crozet's 
  descriptioji 
  of 
  this 
  attack 
  is 
  so 
  graphic, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  

   so 
  much 
  in 
  keeping 
  with 
  what 
  I 
  have 
  known 
  to 
  take 
  place 
  among 
  the 
  New 
  

   Zealanders 
  in 
  their 
  old 
  sieges, 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  tempted 
  to 
  give 
  an 
  extract, 
  as 
  I 
  

   believe 
  his 
  work 
  is 
  not 
  commonly 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  colony 
  : 
  — 
  M. 
  Crozet 
  com- 
  

   manded 
  the 
  King's 
  sloop 
  of 
  war, 
  the 
  'Mascarin,' 
  under 
  M, 
  Marion, 
  and 
  put 
  

   into 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Islands 
  in 
  distress, 
  having 
  lost 
  his 
  masts. 
  With 
  great 
  diffi- 
  

   culty 
  they 
  cut 
  down 
  fit 
  trees, 
  some 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  miles 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  woods, 
  and 
  

   to 
  get 
  them 
  out 
  had 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  road 
  ! 
  They 
  had 
  now 
  been 
  here 
  at 
  anchor 
  

   thirty-three 
  days, 
  when 
  the 
  Maoris 
  suddenly 
  rose 
  against 
  the 
  French, 
  and 
  

   killed 
  Marion, 
  with 
  twenty-eight 
  men 
  ! 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  with 
  extreme 
  difficulty 
  

   that 
  Crozet 
  managed 
  to 
  get 
  on 
  board 
  the 
  ship 
  those 
  left 
  on 
  shore. 
  After 
  

   this 
  the 
  New 
  Zealanders 
  made 
  several 
  attempts 
  to 
  take 
  even 
  the 
  ships, 
  

   which 
  they 
  fiercely 
  attacked 
  in 
  a 
  hundred 
  large 
  canoes. 
  At 
  last 
  Crozet, 
  

   seeing 
  it 
  impossible 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  ships 
  with 
  masts, 
  uuless 
  he 
  could 
  drive 
  

   the 
  natives 
  from 
  the 
  neighbourhood, 
  went 
  to 
  attack 
  their 
  2ja, 
  which 
  was 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  greatest 
  and 
  strongest. 
  He 
  put 
  the 
  carpenters 
  in 
  front 
  to 
  cut 
  down 
  

   the 
  pahsadoes, 
  behind 
  which 
  the 
  natives 
  stood 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  on 
  their 
  

   fighting 
  stages, 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  threw 
  down 
  stones 
  and 
  darts.''' 
  His 
  people 
  

   drove 
  the 
  natives 
  from 
  these 
  stages 
  by 
  keeping 
  up 
  a 
  regular 
  fire, 
  which 
  did 
  

   some 
  execution. 
  The 
  carpenters 
  could 
  now 
  approach 
  without 
  danger, 
  and 
  

   in 
  a 
  few 
  moments 
  cut 
  a 
  breach 
  in 
  the 
  fortification. 
  A 
  chief 
  instantly 
  

   stepped 
  into 
  it 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  spear 
  in 
  his 
  hand. 
  He 
  was 
  shot 
  dead 
  by 
  Crozet's 
  

   marksmen, 
  and 
  presently 
  another 
  occupied 
  his 
  place, 
  stepping 
  on 
  the 
  dead 
  

   body. 
  He 
  likewise 
  fell 
  a 
  victim 
  to 
  his 
  intrepid 
  courage, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   manner 
  eight 
  chiefs 
  successively 
  defended 
  the 
  post 
  of 
  honour. 
  The 
  rest, 
  

   seeing 
  their 
  leaders 
  dead, 
  took 
  flight, 
  and 
  the 
  French 
  pursued 
  and 
  killed 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  them. 
  M. 
  Crozet 
  offered 
  fifty 
  dollars 
  to 
  any 
  person 
  who 
  should 
  

   take 
  a 
  New 
  Zealander 
  alive, 
  but 
  this 
  was 
  absolutely 
  impracticable. 
  A 
  

   soldier 
  seized 
  an 
  old 
  man 
  and 
  began 
  to 
  drag 
  him 
  towards 
  his 
  Captain, 
  but 
  the 
  

   savage, 
  being 
  unarmed, 
  bit 
  into 
  the 
  fleshy 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Frenchman's 
  hand, 
  

  

  * 
  As 
  described 
  in 
  Cook's 
  Voyages, 
  VoL 
  II., 
  p. 
  342-344. 
  

  

  