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Some account of New Zealand

the Effects of their artificial courage which commonly took up a day  they became were sensible of our generosity in not taking the advantage of Our superiority & became at once our good freinds & upon all occasions placd the most unbounded confidence in us - they are not like the Islanders addicted to stealing  but would sometimes before our peace was concluded  if they could by offering any thing they had to sale entice us to trust any something of ours into their hands  refuse to return it with all the coolness in the world  seeming to look upon it as the plunder of an enemy

Both sexes were much more modest in their carriage & decent in their Conversation than the Islanders which such of our people who had a mind to form any connexions with the Women soon found, but they were not impregnable  if the consent of their relations was properly askd & the Question accompanied with a proper present it was never seldom refusd  but then the strictest decency must be kept up towards the young lady or she might baulk the lover after all  upon one of our gentlemen making his adresses to a family of the better sort the following answer was made him by the mistress of the family  "any of these young ladies will think themselves honourd by your adresses but you must first make me a proper present & must come & sleep with us ashore for daylight

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