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Account of
Chap. IV.
Personal Appearance of the Natives—Their Aversion from Spirits—Longevity—Native Women.
The natives of New Zealand, at least the part of it I visited, are of a very superior order, both in point of personal appearance and intellectual endowments.
The men are usually from five feet eight inches to six feet in height; well proportioned, and exhibit evident marks of great strength.
The colour of the natives, taken as a mean, resembles that of an European gipsy; but there is considerable difference in the shades, varying between a dark chesnut and the light agreeable tinge of an English brunette.
