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Excerpt from History of New Zealand, Vol. 3 of 3 Mr. Mclean, meanwhile, was tempering to the Maoris the loss of their lands by urging them in a circular letter to become rich by cultivating flax. A few sentences will Show how the Gael accommodated his phrase to the Maori. Pleiades is high in the heavens, the warm season has arrived, and the thoughtful man considers it time to grow food to enable him to live, and to extend hospitality to strangers, lest he be as the thoughtless one who when seasons of scarcity arrive is in a very helpless con dition. In former days all kinds of food used by the Maoris, kumara, taro, and other things were largely cultivated; at present their cultivation has decreased. I therefore think that you should again be attentive lest they disappear utterly; and that the word of the proverb ought to be fulfilled which says, The fame of a man brave in war is uncertain, but the fame of a man diligent or brave in tilling the ground will always last. He offered prizes for production of flax. I know that you, the Maoris, are ignorant of the prices, &c., in England; therefore I think that if you will again turn your attention to these indus tries, you will obtain the benefit of prosperity. The Maoris could not but reflect that former Governments had destroyed their plantations and burned their dwellings. 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.

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