ADVENTUEE IN NEW ZEALAND. 
CHAPTER I. 
Early History of New Zealand^ — Tasman, 1642 — Cook, 1769^ 
Church Mission, 1814 — Magistrates appointed — Wesleyan 
Mission, 1822 — Travellers and their books — Visit of Hongi to 
England, 1820 — Baron de Thierry — ^New Zealand Company of 
1825 — '* Land-sharking" and straggling colonization — HongVs, 
fire-arms — Bloodshed and depopulation — Captain Stewart and 
Rauperaha — Letter of Thirteen Chiefs to "William IV., 1831 — 
British Resident — Continuation of wars — Declaration of Inde- 
pendence and Recognition of Flag, 1835 — Absurdities— New 
Zealand Association of 1837 — Negotiations with Government — 
Hostility of Mr. Dandeson Coates — Offer by Lord Glenelg of a 
Charter to the Association — Refused : why — Mr. Baring's Bill, 
1838 — New Zealand Land Company of 1839 — Its views — 
Colonel Wakefield appointed to take charge of Preliminary 
Expedition — I resolve to accompany him. 
In order that parts of the subsequent narrative should 
not be misunderstood, it is necessary to furnish a brief 
statement of circumstances relating to New Zealand 
previous to the expedition and events which it is my 
object to narrate. 
The islands of New Zealand were first seen by Tas- 
man in 1642 ; but he was prevented from landing by a 
conflict with the natives, in which he lost four men. 
Until 1769, New Zealand was supposed to form part 
of the great Terra Australis Incognita : but in that 
year. Captain Cook circumnavigated and surveyed the 
two principal islands, gave his own name to the Strait 
by which they are separated, landed at various places, 
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