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unknown. Has some Saint Patrick here lifted his magic
wand? The original inhabitants call themselves Maori.
They are a dark race, but athletic, brave, ingenious, and
intelligent.
Efforts to Christianize them have not been very
successful. In the New-Zealand group they number forty
or fifty thousand. Racially they belong to that branch of
the Polynesians that are of Indo-Malayan origin. They have
handsome black hair, straight or aquiline noses, and wellbalanced
brains. They tattoo themselves.
It is just the opening- of spring-time now in New Zealand.
The delicate blossoms are falling from plum and peach trees,
and the gardens are beautiful. The EngUsh oak is j^utting
out its emerald leaves, and flowers fill the air with their fragrance.
I spent a pleasant afternoon with the Rev. Samuel
Edgar, a liberal-minded Congregational clergyman. He
offered me the use of his pulpit, and influence also, to sustain
a course of lectures upon Spirituahsm. Six or seven
days more of sailing will bring us to Melbourne, Australia,
vid Sydney, queen city of the Pacific.