John Rutherford the White Chief a Story of Adventure in New Zealand
John Rutherford the White Chief a Story of Adventure in New Zealand
George L George Lillie Craik
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Fatigued as he was, and vexed at being in this way kept out of the comfortable shelter he had expected, Nicholas at last commenced inveighing, he tells us, against the inhospitable custom, with much acrimony; and as Tooi, who was with them, had always shown so strong a predilection for European customs, he turned to him, and asked him if he did not think that these notions of his countrymen were all gammon. Tooi, however, replied sharply, that "it was no gammon at all"; adding, "New Zealand man... sav that Mr. Marsden's crackee 56 JOHN RUTHERFORD crackee (preaching) of a Sunday is all gammon, ' ' in indignant retaliation for the insult that had been offered to his national customs. But the worst part of the adventure was yet to come; for as the night was now fast approaching, and the rain still pouring down incessantly, it was impossible to think of returning to the ship ; ' ' and we were therefore, ' ' continues Nicholas, "obliged to resolve upon remaining where we were, although we had no bed to expect, nor even a comfortable floor to stretch upon.
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