known: he is spoken well of by the natives, and has adopted their manners and customs. The native female who associates with him, and one of his children, I have seen several times, and the difference between this child and those of the unmixed native is very remarkable: the native child looks full in your face with perfect confidence; this half-bred child is all bashfulness, and when you attempt to carress it, clings to its mother with marks of apprehension and distrust. Its complexion is the same as the natives, but it is distinguishable from them by having hair of a light flaxen colour. As to personal appearance it is by no means superior to the native, and there is no reason to suppose that it will excel in qualities of the mind.
Conclusion.
From the preceding pages I imagine it will be seen that New Zealand is a country highly interesting: the part of it which I
