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Title: Mr. Oseba's last discovery
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Bell, George W
Subjects: Voyages and travels
Publisher: Wellington, N.Z., The New Zealand Times Co., ltd.
Contributing Library: Duke University Libraries
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enjoyed noneof the advantages of outside communication,no aid from tameable animals, no experiencesby the chase, no traditions of industrial art,during probably more than five hundred years.Yet the Maori seems to have attained to a sur-prising degree a fairly full mental and physicalstature. He has eloquence, perception, inquisi-tiveness and acquisitiveness. He has everythingbut^—civilisation. He has the soul, but it needstuning ; the material, but it needs shaking-upand seasoning. The magic touch of a newer,a higher inspiration is needed, and that is being-injected into his awakening consciousness by abenign social sentiment. To-day, said Oseba, the Zelania Maori,as seen in his grotesque works of art, in hisstruggle for wild independence, in his weirdreligious ceremony, in his common avocations astoiler, professional man or politician, is the mostpicturesque human being on the planet, andhis presence in Zelania gives a seasoning ofromance to be studied and enioyed in no otherland.
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Tattooed Maori Zhief.—Maori Carving. SCENE Vin.—Act II.APPROPRIATING A WORLD. ALL being in readiness, a number of veryperfect maps were thrown on the canvas,showing the plains, valleys, mountains,lakes, and rivers of Zelania, with the nature ofthe production of each island; and a careful anddetailed description as to location and resourceswas given by the orator. Then, calling the attention of his audience,Oseba notified the people that he was nowreaching the closing chapter of his report, or inour refined phrase he was on the homestretch. He said :— ** Now, my children, at this stage of ourinquiry, I desire to remind you again howclosely man is allied to Nature; how he isadjusted to all the environing conditions; howthe fresh breezes of a temperate zone give hima fair skin; how a varied and pleasing aspectgives him a cheerful temperament; how themountains suggest to him freedom, and theseas adventure; how climate depresses orexhilarates; how pastoral pursuits awaken thethe roma

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