198 INTRODUCTION OF THE PLOUGH, 
than the sight of the British plough breaking up 
the deserts of New Zealand; and the youth of 
New Zealand themselves, the drivers of that 
plough, and the conductors of the whole business, 
after they have received their instructions from 
their teachers and friends. The introduction of 
ploughs and harrows, all of which were made at 
the Waimate, constituted an era in the history of 
the country. Till these implements were brought 
into use, the people little knew what their land 
was capable of producing; as but very small 
portions of it were brought under cultivation, 
owing to the great difficulty of breaking it up 
with the hoe or the spade. Further, all the black- 
smith-work, necessary in a farming-establish- 
ment, for carts, waggons, drays, ploughs, har* 
rows, &c., was done here. Three wells, upwards 
of fifty feet deep, have been dug ; a dam has been 
erected, and a race cut for the mill ; all the bricks, 
boards, and timber, used in the Station, have been 
carted from the places where they were respec- 
tively made and sawn ; all the stores, household- 
furniture, coals, &c., brought in from the Keri- 
keri, a distance of ten miles ; and numerous other 
works have been completed, or are now in hand. 
The whole of this has been accomplished by about 
forty adults and forty youths, who never before 
were accustomed to labour, and amidst all the 
difficulties attendant on efibrts made in an un- 
civilized land. 
The Sabbath services are as follows : — The bell 
