Red Clay
I thought the dreariest part of the journey was from Pio Pio to Te Kuiti. Some of the hills were covered with dead trees; quite a few bad fallen, and
the rest stood up like so many skeleton
fingers. We passed the sites of two old Maori battles, and on one hill the trenches showed up clearly like terraces. We also passed one of Bishop Selwyn's earliest churches. On the side of the road in several places I noticed some very bright red clay, and I learned later that it was that sort of clay that the Maoris used to mix with shark oil to keep away fairies.—• Moon Flower (13), New Plymouth.
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Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 124, 19 February 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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115Red Clay Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 124, 19 February 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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