CHAPTER XXVIII. A WAR EXPEDITION CANNIBALISM CHAPTER XXIX. MAORI SLAVERY CHAPTER XXX. PIRACY BY CONVICTS CHAPTER XXXI. N.Z. CLIMATE THE STARVATION CURE CHAPTER XXXII. THE ART OF TATTOOING CHAPTER XXXIII. TRIBAL GOVERNMENT MAORI BELIEFS THE CUSTOM OF TAPU SUNDAY OBSERVANCE MASSACRE OF FRENCH NAVIGATOR MARION AND PARTY CHAPTER XXXIV. THE MAORIS' VIEW OF CHRISTIANITY CHAPTER XXXV. HONGI'S THREATS PREPARING FOR WAR CHAPTER XXXVI. ARRIVAL OF A WARSHIP CHAPTER XXXVII. WHALERS AND MISSIONARIES CHAPTER XXXVIII. THREATENED WAR CHAPTER XXXIX. CONSTRUCTION OF A PA CHAPTER XL. A SHAM FIGHT CHAPTER XLI. AN EXCITING INCIDENT VISIT OF A GREAT TOHUNGA CHAPTER XLII. VICTORIOUS WARRIORS TREATMENT OF PRISONERS BAKED HEADS CHAPTER XLIII. VISITS OF WHALERS CHAPTER XLIV. SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS CHAPTER XLV. DEATH OF HONGI CHAPTER XLVI. A TRIBAL CONFLICT SHULITEA (KING GEORGE) KILLED CHAPTER XLVII. EXCITEMENT AT KORORAREKA CHAPTER XLVIII. EARLE'S FAREWELL MISSIONARIES ALARMED CHAPTER XLIX. JOURNEY TO HOKIANGA CHAPTER L. EUROPEAN DEFENCES MR. HOBBS' MESSAGE OF PEACE CHAPTER LI. MAORI SOCIAL CUSTOMS EUROPEAN LIAISONS WITH MAORIS MAORI MARRIAGES CHAPTER LII. A MAORI TANGI CHAPTER LIII. MAORI CHARACTERISTICS ORIGIN OF OUTRAGES FAMILY AFFECTION CHAPTER LIV. TRADE OF HOKIANGA CHAPTER LV. A CREW MASSACRED CHAPTER LVI. FAREWELL TO NEW ZEALAND MAORIS IN SYDNEY APPENDIX I. MASSACRE OF FURNEAUX'S BOAT'S CREW CANNIBALISM APPENDIX II. A TRIBAL FIGHT LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. A Maori War Speech (Frontispiece) Patuone, a Hokianga Chief Mission Station, Kerikeri Scene of Boyd Massacre Maori War Expedition Maori Method of Tattooing Specimens of Tattooing Whalers at Bay of Islands CHAPTER I. VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY. Having made up my mind to visit the island of New Zealand, and having persuaded my friend Mr. Shand to accompany me, we made an arrangement for the passage with Captain Kent, of the brig Governor Macquarie, and, bidding adieu to our friends at Sydney, in a few hours (on October 20th, 1827) we were wafted into the great Pacific Ocean. There were several other passengers on board, who were proceeding to New Zealand to form a Wesleyan missionary establishment at Hokianga. Amongst these were a Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs, who were most enthusiastic in the cause. They had formerly belonged to the same mission at Whangaroa, when a war which took place amongst the natives totally destroyed their establishment; and, after enduring great varieties of suffering, they escaped, but lost everything they possessed, except the clothes they had on. We had a very fine wind for nine days, and on the 29th we saw a gannet, a sure sign we were within a hundred miles of land, for these birds are never seen at a greater distance from it. True to our anticipations, towards the afternoon the water became discoloured, and at midnight we saw the land.