as the white man's rat has driven away the native rat, so the European fly drives away our own; and as the clover kills our fern, so will the Maori disappear before the white man himself. Dollar Monthly Magazine - Page 3041865Full view - About this book
| Herbert Spencer - 1864 - 510 pages
...appears to shrink from competition with these more vigorous intruders." " The native (Maori) saying is, ' as the white man's rat has driven away the native rat, so the European fly drives away our own, and the clover kills our fern, so will the Maoris disappear before the white man himself.'" Given this... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1864 - 506 pages
...appears to shrink from competition with these more vigorous intruders." " The native (Maori) saying is, ' as the white man's rat has driven away the native rat, so the European fly drives away our own, and the clover kills our fern, so will the Maoris disappear before the white man himself.' " Given this... | |
| 1864 - 746 pages
...the author's permission to make any use of the facts recorded : — " The native (Maori) saying is, ' as the white man's rat has driven, away the native rat, so the European fly drives away our own, and the clover kills our fern, so will the Maoris disappear before the white man himself.' It is wonderful... | |
| James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1864 - 626 pages
...these more vigorous intruders." It appears to be a saying among the native population of New Zealand that, as the white man's rat has driven away the native rat, so the European fly drives away our aim, and the clover tills our fern, so will the Maoris disappear before the white man himself. —... | |
| 1865 - 332 pages
...Canterbury, in New Zealand, has written to Mr. Darwin as follows : — * The native (Maori) saying is, " as the white man's rat has driven away the native rat, so the European fly drives away our own, and the clover kills our fern, so will the Maoris disappear before the white man himself." It is wonderful... | |
| David Livingstone - 1874 - 404 pages
...European mouse ; not to mention the Hanoverian rat of Watertou, which is lord of the land. The Maori say that " as the white man's rat has driven away the...own ; and as the clover kills our fern, so will the Maori disappear before the white man himself." The hog placed ashore by Captain Cook has now overrun... | |
| David Livingstone, Horace Waller - 1874 - 400 pages
...European mouse ; not to mention the Hanoverian rat of Waterton, which is lord of the land. The Maori say that " as the white man's rat has driven away the...own; and as the clover kills our fern, so will the Maori disappear before the white man himself." The hog placed ashore by Captain Cook has now overrun... | |
| HORACE WALLER - 1875 - 596 pages
...European mouse ; not to mention the Hanoverian rat of Waterton, which is lord of the land. The Maori say that " as the white man's rat has driven away the...own ; and as the clover kills our fern, so will the Maori disappear before the white man himself." The hog placed ashore by Captain Cook has now overrun... | |
| 1875 - 1204 pages
...Hanoverian rat of Waterloo , \ of the land. The Maori say that ' as the white man's rat has driven sway the native rat, so the European fly drives away our...own ; and as the clover kills our fern, so will the Maori disappear before the white man himself.' The hog placed ashore by Captain Cook has now overrun... | |
| 1875 - 844 pages
...between native and introduced plants and animals. The Maoris have even recognized it, and have a proverb that, " As the white man's rat has driven away the native rat, as the European fly drives away our own, and as the clover kills our fern, so will the Maoris disappear... | |
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