CREDULITY OF THE NATIVES.
A short time ago a designing European trader borrowed a small sum of money from a native, which was to be returned at a certain time, with interest for the loan. At the time appointed the trader was there, repaid the principal, atid what seemed far more extraordinary and delightful to the native, the interest also was duly handed over to him. This novel mode of getting gain soon spread through the village, and each man appeared anxious to entrust his little stock of cash to the trader, with the hope of its being increased. Accordingly a sum of about £3OO was placed at the disposal of the cashier, the company of usurers not forgetting to makj their own calculations, and assuring their new friend that this advantageous traffic should be kept up.
At the expiration of the term agreed on, of course the money lenders were there, in breathless anxiety; no doubt they were punctual to the minute. The trader came not, however, and a search was made for him throughout th<*neighbourhood, when to the mortification of the too credulous natives, it was discovered that the gentleman had taken his departure carrying his treasure with him. & We do not ask our Maori friends to be more careful in future, but we recommend for their prayerful consideration the saying of the wise man—" He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house."
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 42
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237CREDULITY OF THE NATIVES. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 42
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