THE SKETCH OF NEW ZEALAND.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 667, 29 August 1876, Page 3

THE SKETCH OF NEW ZEALAND.

Mn.-'Hi's is in n-e of prc;j o-n, and Wdiki'u mn-t not, if it nisi c I, b ■ in the nvir. Ih*re Jia I ocuhr dun notation ■if th^ wiUllijc-nfc activity ami piudon enftMpiM' of thepople fioru on. ot.ij ot the J>e lato thp oitur. In my »nve!s my i^ni.ranje ha* always been " eolith lene'i ly a court e~u? «ud prompt ixplhh tin' vnuTcver it w s iccjni-ot!, and mdcc I I have met, with so much koo<l-h.cliiii» biA tnoujiitful attention tint I hivo he,, eu riO meim estimate of Hie p.'opl". Did I not kt ow so much, I would not vent me to nsk y iu to jnsert Ilii3 letter in your next issue. My difficulties have till today been confineJ to *' omraeroial" matters, but now a new and unlocked for obstacle pn-seiits itself. Hitherto your Talunble piper has been exceptionally expiic.t, and obriomly your contributor* are actuated by n resolute and capable determ nation t? make themselves easily and fully undergo jil, aid tliij too in language singnlarly freo from the vices o mtiny proriniiil journals, inforina> tiou aliout the land oi ray adoption is pccitl arly welcome, and highly deiighted I waa ills morning in tbusuppl inent to your diiy'a i«suo to not oe the hoadiiji "Sketch of iXew Z-aland," Here, su,i I, pressing (ho valued supplement to my brea«t, I ihill find in.'ortnition and at the saino time revel in the adiiiioiiul heouties of m taphor and music. Mjy 1 hope tbtit the composer will tuto pity upon my obtusenrss, nnd kindly justify my opinion of ill * people of Watkuto by throwing, as lie alone can, some liyht upon one or two point n I hat pra»ent mo from intelligently reading ami enj ying an artk'e wiiicli, though only a alf etch, is bennd to tell mi much flint w.ig unkn wn. Kequiii.ig to bo methodical iv my reading, liming no time to spare for conundrums, and <li minding comprehension ai I p oceed, I confine roy 'hillcalties to the introductory stai.zi, one which usually aifu-'cs attention at the hands of an author. Qhe word ' Aror' th n occurs. Whifc i», or rather, what " are" Aror, for being employed with the predicate "brnmists" it is obviotuly of the plural number ? They ara represented as ' beam 11 ing." What does a thing do when it beami6ts ? Nothing in the old country to my J,nowledgo ever bi»ami?tc<l, nnd hence 1 conclude that the woid it of coloiiil birth. Furtlier these unknown quiinui.is are rej>ie?ented ua rovcalin™ i. c. throw ii.g buck the Tail (texture unknown) fiom " natim> " which la their turn tire said to be d ppled hud, not as you will obsorvo "of a duppled ?iue. What enn dappled hue natures be? 1 iiare studied many uuluroa but siu-h at theie — •' never." I hid exhuuated my time and pntiencs. how could I, consistently with my hafci a, proceed to t tarz i number two t 1 c-y ol>>ud for light. Obtusannes is no crim", but ignorance is cowardice. I have ah zy idea rhot the mfted author retains these d>ppl-d hue natifes in his own f\rtil iiungination. Alas 1 I ennuot r.ii.e mv m ntal thermometer to such a giddy height. He nppeira most unxijus io a tract my atteu lion to the i-in^ular brilliancy of som special sbnde of b.uo, while 1 can't gel beyo d that i^roverbial tint, which one is 0 •c.isiona-ly inTiled to ob^erre ia the humtin o\e. The v<*rse, at any rae, is wonderfully melodious — whooan read the 3rd ana 4llj lines w thout emotion ? — and only mjuuea good n uaic to become immensely po^u ar. When 1 have se-,ui ed un introduction to the Aror, m.itlo the ucquaintanoe of Iht dopplnd hue r aiur^, and miitered the pruce-s vi buum'stinic, 1 hope to be able to p. cod \wtu ihe •'Pk tch." — I urn, Ac, Ok^ssus. Waikato, Aug 26th, 1b76.