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Title: John Rutherford, the White Chief

Author: George Lillie Craik

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JOHN RUTHERFORD, THE WHITE CHIEF

A Story of Adventure in New Zealand

Edited by

JAMES DRUMMOND, F.L.S., F.Z.S.

[Illustration: John Rutherford. From an original drawing taken in
1828.]

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

John Rutherford

A Maori's shoulder mat

Short striking weapons (clubs) used by the Maoris

Kororareka Beach, in the Bay of Islands, where some of
Rutherford's adventures are supposed to have taken place

A door-lintel, showing Maori carving

"Moko" on a man's face and on a woman's lips and chin

Two Maori Chiefs--Te Puni, or "Greedy," and Wharepouri,
or "Dark House"

Scene in a New Zealand Forest

Flute of bone

A waist-mat

Stone implements used by Maoris for cutting hair

Carved boxes

Greenstone axes, with carved wooden bandies, and ornamented
with dogs' hair and birds' feathers

Long striking and thrusting weapons used by the Maoris

A Maori war-canoe

INTRODUCTION.

Eighty years ago, when the story told in these pages was first
published, "forecastle yarns" were more thrilling than they are now. In
these days we look for information in