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Yet, wliat we had to suffer all night despite the previous cleansing 
of that Augian stable, I will rather pass over in silence. To me 
it was from the very start an impressive lesson , never again to 
prefer a Maori-hut to my tent. 
The women and maidens of the village had , in honour of our 
distinguished presence, dressed themselves to the best, of their ability, 
and donned their choicest attire; there were some really pretty 
forms and faces among them. But there prevails a strange custom 
among those women. The sucking-pigs, vulgo farrows, are in 
great favour with them. They nurse and fondle them with as much 
tenderness , as our ladies their lap-dogs ; they even grant those 
favourite pet-pigs the same privileges on their breasts , that are 
generally extended only to babies. In like manner the Indian 
women are said to nurse young apes. 
In the vicinity of the Maori- village the township of Have- 
lock has been laid out, which for the present consisted of only a 
few houses. This settlement is considered by the natives as the 
farthest southern boundary, to which the Pakehas are entitled to 
extend their possessions. “Thus far and no farther,” they say. 
With consistent obstinacy they manage to prevent every attempt 
