. New Zealand settlers and soldiers; or The war in Taranaki: being incidents in the life of a settler . as and2 36 SETTLERS AND SOLDIERS; exquisitely beautiful place. My eldest sonGeorge lived with my friend. I dare not trustmyself to speak of the happy hours spent inthat house, garden, and grounds—suffice itto say, they were to me as the oasis in thedesert of my colonial experience. Near to my house was Brookwood, with itspark-like scenery and farm buildings, theresidence of Kev. H. Brown, formerly Rectorof Burton Pedwardine, near Sleaford, Brown was the resident clergyman ofOmata
. New Zealand settlers and soldiers; or The war in Taranaki: being incidents in the life of a settler . as and2 36 SETTLERS AND SOLDIERS; exquisitely beautiful place. My eldest sonGeorge lived with my friend. I dare not trustmyself to speak of the happy hours spent inthat house, garden, and grounds—suffice itto say, they were to me as the oasis in thedesert of my colonial experience. Near to my house was Brookwood, with itspark-like scenery and farm buildings, theresidence of Kev. H. Brown, formerly Rectorof Burton Pedwardine, near Sleaford, Brown was the resident clergyman ofOmata. He is the head of a large familyof children, with servants and labourers abouthim—actively useful and zealous in theperformance of his parochial duties. Theseduties often brought him into relationshipwith the southern natives, many of whomregarded him as their missionary, He hadnot settled amongst us more than a year, andduring that time had been at considerableexpense in improving the estate and employ-ing labour on the farm. It is a grievous thingthat a gentleman so universally respected as. OR, THE WAR IN TARANAKI. 37 Mr. Brown was, and is, in his parish, bothat home and at Omata, should be called upon,so early in his colonial career, to experienceso many trials as have fallen to his firmness of Mr. Brown and family inremaining at Brookwood, notwithstanding thealarm of nearly all around, greatly encouragedme, my wife and family, to remain in ourhouse, trusting in our heavenly Father forprotection and safety. Another neighbour was Mr. Touett, formerlya resident in the island of Jersey. With themanners and language of a Frenchman, he hadbeen exempted as a foreigner from serving inthe militia, and as such was considered bythe natives. He, however, entertained thesame views of the unlawfulness of all war asmyself, my friend, and my eldest son; andfeeling secure by the oft-repeated assurancesof the Maories that he would not be touched,for fear of bringing the Fren
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