The Story of New Zealand : Past and Present, Savage and Civilized (Paperback)

Preface; Part I. The Country and its Native Inhabitants: 1. Geography and natural history; 2. Climate; 3. Migration of the Aborigines to New Zealand; 4. Physical form, disfigurations, language, mental faculties and characters of New Zealanders; 5. Divisions among the people. Property. Laws; 6. Mythology and superstitions; 7. Customs in war. Cannibalism. Slavery; 8. Food and husbandry; 9. Literature; 10. Domestic ceremonies and familiar usages; 11. The diseases of the New Zealanders. Their causes and prevention; Part II. History of the Discovery of New Zealand by Europeans: 1. From discovery of New Zealand until 1810; 2. New Zealand from 1810 to 1838; 3. Pioneers of civilisation; 4. Introduction of Christianity.