Maoria A Sketch of the Manners and Customs of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of New Zealand (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Maoria: A Sketch of the Manners and Customs of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of New Zealand Yet from him the author has received many an act of kindness, and he trusts that he has done justice to a brave race, and honestly described them as they were when they lived and died under their own laws and customs. These few pages make no pretence to the character of a work of fiction. The traditions they describe are Maori traditions; the characters are real characters; and most of the incidents occurred under the observa tion of the author, or were related to him by the descendants of those who were present when they took place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.