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absence of six months, from a visit to the Thames. 
They were all busily engaged in the usual routine 
of crying ; when two of the women of the village, 
suddenly, at a signal one from the other, dried 
up their tears, closed the sluices of their affection, 
and very innocently said to the assembly: “ We 
have not finished crying yet : we will go and put 
the food in the oven, cook it, and make the bas- 
kets for it, and then we will come and finish cry- 
ing ; perhaps we shall not have done when the 
food is ready ; and if not, we can cry again at 
night.*” All this, in a canting, whining tone of 
voice, was concluded with a “ ShaVt it be so ? he ! 
shaVt it be so ? he r** I spoke to them about their 
hypocrisy, when they knew they did not care, so 
much as the value of a potato, whether they should 
ever see those persons again, over whom they 
had been crying. The answer I received was — 
“ Ha! a New Zealander’s love is all outside : it is 
in his eyes, and his mouth,” The return of child- 
ren to their parents, after a short absence, is truly 
afiecting : there is the real anguish of joy, the 
pain of pleasure ; and the inward feeling of their 
hearts is then strikingly portrayed on their 
countenances. 
The New Zealanders are by no means suspi- 
cious of foreigners. It is true, they dislike the 
French, and have done so ever since the destruc- 
tion of Captain Marion, in the Bay of Islands : 
but the English and the Americans, notwith- 
standing the many injuries they have received 
