45§ 
NEW ZEALAND 
CHAP. XVIII 
Amongst the natives there is absent that charming simplicity 
which is found at Tahiti ; and the greater part of the English 
are the very refuse of society. Neither is the country itself 
attractive. I look back but to one bright spot, and that is 
Waimate, with its Christian inhabitants. 
HIPPAH, NEW ZEALAND. 
