...agriculture, he said it was impossible ; ' that if you told a New Zealander to work, he fell asleep ; bu» if you spoke of fighting, he opened his eyes as wide...was war, and that he looked upon fighting as fun.' " We now supply . an affecting and horrible sketch : it is a description of the return of a victorious...

...Zealander to work, he fell asleep; but if you spoke of fighting, he opened his eyes as wide as a tea cup; that the whole bent of his mind was war, and that he looked upon fighting as fun.' "The beach was covered with natives, waiting the return of the expedition; and, as the canoes approached,...

...tribe, ' neither he nor his brother ate human flesh, nor did they fight on Sundays.' When asked why be did not try to turn the minds of his people to agriculture,...and that he looked upon fighting as fun.' - - " The beach was covered with natives, waiting the return of the expedition; and, as the canoes approached,...

...exhorted to promote the happiness of his people by cultivating the arts of peace, his reply was, that it was impossible, "that if you told a New Zealander...war; and that he looked upon fighting as fun." , The kinds of afl'tnee, which are deemed adequate causes of war, are so numerous and varied, that it seems...

...agriculture ; but he affirmed that it was impossible, and added, in his own expressive phraseology, that " if you told a New Zealander to work, he fell...war, and that he looked upon fighting as fun." The efforts of the missionaries to devote the attention of the islanders to agricultural and mechanical...

...make his people happy byteaching them agriculture, and the arts of civilized life, he replied, that it was impossible, 'that if you told a New Zealander...was war ; and that he looked upon fighting as fun.' In his own case Tooi's conduct verified his language. All the tribes have fortified posts, called Pahs,...

...resistance. To qualify this story, he remarked, that, though all the dead bodies were devoured by the tribe, " neither he nor his brother ate human flesh,...was war, and that he looked upon fighting as fun*." All the subsequent notices which we have of these chiefs are such as we might expect from what Captain...

...minds of his people to agriculture, he said it was impossible ; " that if you told a New Zeulander to work, he fell asleep ; but if you spoke of fighting,...was war, and that he looked upon fighting as fun*." All the subsequent notices which we have of these chiefs are such as we might expect from what Captain...

...resistance. To qualify this story, he remarked that, ' though all the dead bodies were devoured by the tribe, neither he nor his brother ate human flesh,...was war, and that he looked upon fighting as fun.' " — Cruise's Journal, p. 39. New Zealauders, p. 419. territory. Wheety, a third individual of the...

...turn the minds of his people to agriculture, he said it was impossible ; ' that if you told a I^ew Zealander to work, he fell asleep ; but if you spoke...was war, and that he looked upon fighting as fun.' " — Cruise's Journal, p. 39. New Zealanders, p. 419. territory. Wheety, a third individual of the...