SAMUEL MARSDEN. 
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the way of working flax, which is indigenous there, as well as 
in New Zealand ; the Governor landed in that Bay, and gave 
many valuable presents to the natives, he introduced the pig 
in the north, which they had not previously seen, he gave them 
maize and potatoes, so that when those natives returned with 
all their presents, they raised such a favorable opinion of the 
Europeans, that the memory of Captain King is preserved 
even to this day. But a more important result of this visit 
of Toki and Huru to Norfolk Island, was their becoming 
acquainted with Mr. Marsden ; so much was he struck with 
their intelligence and manners, that from that time he 
determined to use his best efforts to raise their race from its 
then debased state. In 1807, he accompanied Governor 
King to England, and it was then that he brought New 
Zealand to the notice of the Church Missionary Society ; his 
application was favorably received, and when he returned, 
in 1810, he took Messrs. Hall and King with* him as lay 
Missionaries ; they were afterwards joined by Mr. Kendal 
and his family, the party, however, was hindered from pro- 
ceeding to its destination for several years, on account of the 
sad massacre of the Boyd , which had cast a great damp on 
the colony, as many of the children of the principal people 
were in it, on their way to England for education ; it is one 
of the many sad warnings given, to treat natives with kind- 
ness, however low they may be considered in the scale of 
civilization ; neglecting this has caused the destruction of 
many, and too frequently the innocent have suffered for the 
guilty ; several of the principal Chiefs, however, in the mean- 
time, visited the colony, and found a home at Mr. Marsden^s 
house. 
In 1814, he purchased the brig Active , a vessel of one 
hundred tons, and November 19th went on board on his 
first visit to New Zealand, to locate the laborers he had 
procured for this new mission field; on the 15th December 
they sighted the Three Kings, and on the 16th opened a 
friendly communication with the natives of the North Cape. 
He was accompanied by Mr. Nicholas, who afterwards pub- 
lished an account of the voyage, and by Messrs. King, Kendal, 
