THE MAORI ON HIS TRAVELS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1860, 9 July 1874, Page 3

THE MAORI ON HIS TRAVELS.

.It?'the ' WakaMaori;' 'Major-Ifdpata,of chief .who did good.ser-:; ;vice>"during the war,-.and. who .was. pro- .',• .'; 'Ben'ted:with"'a'sword 'by her'Majesty'sv command -has been '*• telling the "nativea ; what he saw in- -New -South .Wales,, dnr-: "{rig his visit to' that 'country in' tho train ; : ;of the..Hoi;dl'!:M!Leah}liHis t letter;ißia; 'very iiitere3ling,^an"d:;:n'p:_4oHb.tt-will'.do^ : -;-' '.■ ; 'good amongst .|iis ; fellow-countrymen, - ;' ( whom 1 he rebroJehM as;'"'the ! obstmcters; y '' of all progress." Itseems'that the Go-j ,;Verriment of New Sputh' Wales irivitod\ ...! their' inspkt'thoiSilwnylaoross;,: f the 'zigzag?'-Bailwiiy travelling! appears-;-£.': to hafo'' ex'6it'ed ij; hopa'ta'3 l 'imaginati6nJto i '^ } ' , tlie utmost pitch.; ..'_ Away,flew.the. .peer-'';" ; ' : less train,":' - ; • ; 1 m& , ; :hpad and;falil^.the I 'whilev/"" ",7 : .^ .^'Theti^-'■: :,.again onward's'ped. ! 'tiiafc wonder'fjir traiii.; 1 ;: wliat i; slialt-' p ; :cbmf)'avo--i« i^?;;- fc i'ivas'iike ; i ; 1 athwartthe'Heavens:; eyb/obuld i jaofc;.:' 1 citch the likeness of thpiroes and objects:-' ; : " upon tho :; : of"the : traih.'i'i? ' cribe the;pbjeqfc; ofv this;;jqurney^^lio 0 p ;; :; otje.ct pi r tlie m proposal; \. M'\.f : : '-. v, ,itord' , tis'' ; ah <>of 'feeing $ri^,; : i ■'pbnstructiori of the.line through }l mi precipitous districts, 1 l as;;a model,if;; ; ;; K thought -• { olir railways in ;New - '^Viri^lar;'precipitous-country. : , : f 'nb engineering difficulties to;:boJencoun«;;. ; - \ t|red.XtheJev>l T country.^.^p;^oub^^ % ,M- , Zeatfjnjd) ow'lnsligniOokd't^c^n^ • s -try; ■ bji^ t jt or'jnotC ! of th^'piesen) "• oiff, will ,to, s rtl :. >-' ; Bgualling babies' and the .young; ; - arodiidiU's'wil^see7that.tim9^ : bu>Wirthoi;;. ': -obstruoters of all progress)vvillthenih&trp'J: : ," disappeared -from the isceue^^^jM- :■ ' ' '•> |.As'a'n^bser varit^'nian J ,t6 tell hisiellowtcountrymehpf , abd-'prosperity ; paketo ; 'in|KW% •■ ' where i : bowling' griep,^nd^of : |Me)lent ?; iis' very 6 viand,; andlheife - acre.-'" He tnej r' of New Zealand ; - observable ittiAusfcralw;;and';attriv% a b)ites' : all : l,hisf6'Ma6ri'obstruction;f I had an -iippor'tnnity^of;insp>ctihg:withjMr''i'c; v I fortifications Sydney,'and r was anyited l ; ta : dinefitl^heiV"';: s fori!;hWpreis;his; e t ,'■:: i' orossedjhp.^arliour^ \ the;;Qovernmentj ; ]tpi inspectltlje fcrtifica*^'; '.• tions and batteries at the' Heads - ; defence of;theporfc. i;TherejWehad;oculat;>; ;,'• 'demonstration of the;'power : iand;.knowrS : .; ledge of .this.:-p.epple v (theipakeha) in the. ; -. excavation./.of, the=;hard : shaftf;; $ was sunk from above,>and : from ithence;. . )!' inlyariotediiji; ) Vectidhs; ! and' :Spaci6us-|ap'artmeiitßJ wore©. I. pooped out. .We had lighfsi'tbishpTV'te:;'!; (. !ttie way as we walked,underground. ;vTho;V; r cannon "were placed at embrasures "cutia": :'- r the rock, so as 'to allow of their being;: ■ pointed against an enemy in any. direction. , • For ''•greater' i ''cb^venißn6e. t Kon wheels, and one man can turn-them :; $ .about easily, notwithstanding their great r, : f size; ,:After: we .hadsoen .thege -;. v , dinner' ; was laid for'us within^ihe •Stone.-:; t fprtres3;;connected with -the: batteriesV*:;; 3 This was v , the opening ceremony. jn;,coa:p.>■ ; : . nectioawitli : 'ttie comple , (i:on !, ol' 1- There were.bftt few"'people assembled;-;: ■. thdreon •the.pocasion; f ;npiie;hut• • : ment;officers,and;peppleconnectpdWHaf* the' '&overnmen't.'- J T'he're 'werpi'lipweveV, : >J - Igrea^-numberofladie's: ;l)dfmg ; dihner^ 1; ' the talking.iand/conversing: iJ ; ' mth each. other/ : 1 listened in ; vaio. ;Such; is : ignorance'! \ ■'.' !• Whatassi^ance ; ' and be' dumb! -Mine was-thVanook'tor j ; \ who understood distantvtongues; but I,; '• I 3 his descehdantj 2 have submit-to ' cation and °;■ )■ descendants. of behold|!i va \ 'I he knowledge ofiWhiph'he;proph^edis;;> . v' in the;possessioii of a;,straiige:-;people ;;;;s : }'■ with them are wisdom, knOvvledgeipros-f;; ■.' v perity, greatness,- power j truths advance-:..; '■= iinent, and: all'.expeUencie^^Butrmy:.-:;■''.: ' friends, ;make'h^s'te J "!o' acquire khow-;^■. ''• ledge into:the fouhtain 3i "ledge ; —that is y tpisoylaitend ith^^chool^ ; :-.; ' There you-will havej'the " yon of: acquiring general' 3 you will obtain^aknowle^ge'of'th^Erig^ 1 : 7 lishlanguage, iny ignorance of which .has-;- ';. so embarrassed. me. f Let the. .■: [! suffice for'ignorance; let the 'future'bp ; v ! - improved by. the. young,^hp;are ', nature plastic and capable of beingtaught..:; kI am setting forth my ignorance : as a;';■ '. warning to Our'childreu^that; they may;.: ■/;. ' no longer abide in tiie'ign'o'rande-.;of their;-....;■; ; eldersi ! ' ; ¥ou'children/atfall:e?enta;'wiil ; ;,x ■ pbtain some crumbs of knowledge;/ It is -ky ','. well,"— Otagq Gwrditm.-^kr:^r~-^?> i ! ■' '' '*' " ''' ''"'' " ' """"''