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PAKEHA RAMBLES
THROUGH MAORI LANDS.
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PAKEHA RAMBLES
THROUGH MAORI LANDS.
BY
LIEUT.-COLONEL ST. JOHN
(NEW ZEALAND MILITIA).
WELLINGTON:
PRINTED BY ROBERT BURRETT, MOLESWORTH STREET.
1873.
[PREFACE]
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PREFACE.
Some explanation is due why a description of "Waikato Forty Years Ago" appears in a book professedly written by a colonist of only ten years standing. The facts are these: a valued friend kindly gave me a MSS. containing his early experiences in New Zealand, with the proviso that, in case of publication, his name should not appear; I had to respect his wishes, and I have consequently assumed a degree of authorship to which I am not entitled, reserving to myself the right of confession.
For the more modern portion I am solely responsible.
I have only to add that my "Rambles" were not always as consecutive as I have described them; for the sake of convenience I have connected together numerous journeys made at various intervals.
J. H. H. ST. J.
Wellington, 20th August, 1873.
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ERRATA. In page xvii, lines 7 and 20, for "Heke" read "Hika." In pages 172, 180, 188, and 196, head-line, for "Pehaka" read "Pakeha."
