[Illustration: A New Zealand War Speech. (From a sketch by A. Earle.)]




A NARRATIVE

OF A

NINE MONTHS' RESIDENCE

IN

NEW ZEALAND

IN 1827

BY

AUGUSTUS EARLE

DRAUGHTSMAN TO HIS MAJESTY'S SURVEYING SHIP

"THE BEAGLE."

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Christchurch, Wellington, and Dunedin, N.Z.;

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