CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 188, 10 August 1871, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

-o To The Editoro* 1 the Nelson EvktriNG' Mail. Sir, — You gave us the other day an amusiDg extract from ." J. H's" " Nqtes of travel iix New Zealand." li^ appears that "J. H." had been interviewing some good-looking half-caste " women,' and fancying himßelf to be more, successful with them than he has been witK his own. countrywomen, be straightway . expatiates upon the advantages of " miscegenationsillustrating them in his own^ person^ arid ! (describing how his several features, would have appeared bad he' the .good luck to have bad a Maori woman for his Mama. Such lustrous eyes, such ripefuljtips, such long riven locks, and such a nose as lie' would have had ! No headache, no heartache, no stomachache, no colds dv the head and tallowing of the .nose.. "J. H." would, by, this happy mixture pf :; bloods, have reviewed and restored in himself the 'Primeval Man. '^.J^^far^cibil^eminds me of an individuaTOlr^me^^^"e.where who, when slightly : ov,e.ritakeri, explains to bis friends what a very dfiffererit station in lif<j he would( jhtivefoccupied, ha^|it not' been- for a nasty Jew- fellow* (his own father) baying ,h a, d .the jmpudence ; tp_.marry ii.}s ; mother ! If you knew "J. ET.^'as/I /do, 1 you would^have known that, for once in' 'his life, he was wi;ftin^ feelingly and seriously. _„ The advantages -of miscegenation in his case would doubtless have been great. The Qru-th^isJ a|.d|*there^is|n« .disguising it, and be does-ndt-wish it to v^be ! dfeguised, " J*;IH;?? ii'ndl bands6iHe*.!iV,lt '.sfo.uld. b/e inippssjbleMspp.ak'. ol, hi?) $Wi ey^ and, lips, r i^ ( terms otherwise.. than un*-. c'otbplimentai7.,il.Jt is noticeaible, however, ? that <*& f H." says nothio^aboutkiß teeth, which are the only good feature- in his face because — they are false,, and the only, false thing. &\>oyi J^i^extfepV'h'is watclr- J winch is silver-girt.' As for taUow'jjpg his nose at nights, he surely has no .'p&casion ..to .dp^tha^ since ja, of tiielkipd ac^raiely tlfA o^^ £& l i?%TO r]sttfci "J:H." would have done well to fhayej added 'a^r^v^i^atoui 1 his legs which wquld~h"ave^^sriSU~thT Better" for betng a Httle straig^ig^eemj T1 $&kJ h $y t nW^ 1 imoßt paipfi|ll>l^bf , «^d^ nMt, jfidoks hiWibiwvSalfetirgfWitter, poor « J JH.'^who^ fßASi^^jftellent fellow at

bottom, barring his looks (which are simply villainous) would never have, had t^,oppbitunity?afforHed^bina of writing a fliisW^ olf l^fpwj Zeaia&d^ from • a comic j point o^^evjljfoi a Victorian newspaper. Femina.