Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden, of Paramatta, Senior Chaplain of New South Wales; and of His Early Connexion with the Missions to New Zealand and Tahiti

CHAPTER XII.

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State of New South Wales--The Aborigines--Cruelties practised upon them--Attempts to civilize and convert them--They fail--Mr. Marsden's Seventh Visit to New Zealand--His Daughter's Journal--Affection of the Natives--Progress of the Mission--Danger from European vices--Returns in H. M. S. Rattlesnake to Sydney 232

Paramatta Church (_Engraving_) 233