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Local DescriptionOn the ninth of January, 1826, an American brig put into Poverty Bay and was boarded from a canoe by a cloaked and feathered native, heavily tattooed, and armed with a battle-axe. “Here is a white New Zealander!” exclaimed the captain. The “native” replied in perfect English: “I am not a New Zealander. I am an Englishman.” And proceeded to unfold to the astonished Captain Jackson certain astounding adventures which had befallen him |