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Zealand natives, Toki and Huru, from the North Cape, as 
teachers to show the prisoners at Norfolk Island the way of 
working flax (phormum tenax), which is indigenous there, as 
well as in New Zealand. The Governor landed at the North 
Cape, and gave many valuable presents to the natives: he 
introduced the pig, which they had not previously seen ; he 
gave them maize and potatoes, so that when those natives 
returned with all their presents, they raised a very favorable 
opinion of the Europeans, and 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 be¬ 
coming 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 Zea¬ 
land to the notice of the Church Missionary Society. His 
application was favorably received, and when he returned, in 
1810, he brought 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 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 kindness, how¬ 
ever low they may be considered in the scale of civilization; the 
neglecting this has been the destruction of many, and too 
frequently the innocent have suffered for the guilty. Several 
of the principal Chiefs, however, in the meantime, visited the 
colony, and found a home at Mr. Marsden’s house. 
In 1814, Mr. Marsden purchased the brig Active, a vessel 
of 100 tons, and November 19th he 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 they opened a 
friendly communication with the natives of the North Cape. 
He was accompanied by Mr. Nicholas, who afterwards pub- 
