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All the rest, the fat old man, ditto old woman, and I don't know how many children of all sizes and with odd garments, — Pakeha (white man's) clothes, — were dark, full-blooded Maoris. One soon gets to know by the trees, etc. An old camping-ground of the Maoris — even if no camp remains, and I knew it was an old place before Captain Ryan told me that at this spot Bishop Selwyn first preached to the Maoris of this part of AN UNCOMPLETED TOUR 83 New Zealand. All around this lake the worst out- br...eaks took place about 1869 — I forget dates, but it was the last stand that the Maoris made. The legends are quaint, and these, with the true tales of wars between tribes — and later with the Pakehas — all this and the scenery make a spot that one would like to come back to. Honolulu was lovely, the Rockies were grand, and the Pacific, with all those islands, passing description — but I shall never forget the perfect early autumn day that I spent wool-gathering on Lake Taupo ! After the wool was safe on board — hoisted by a crane (' donkey-engine ' is it ?) — the Captain came ' aft, ' waved his hand and said ' Farewell to thee ' in Maori.
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