The Dundonald twig-boat contrivance, it appears, was not the first craft of its kind to navigate the stormy waters of our Now Zealand south (says a correspondent in the Southland Times). "In the great old buccaneering days, tho notorious Jacky Price achieved a similar exploit. For his evil deeds he was deported to the Solandors, and left there with his Maori wife and dog. Jacky, who is known to have been a perfect 'dare-devil, constructed the framework of a boat out of stunted, growths found on tho island. Covering them with .seal-skins, he and his companions sot sail from the Solanders, and reached tho old quarters' at Pieces Harbour, west of the Waiau. What- j over marvel attaches to the Disappointment Island feat is more than matched by Jacky Price's adventure," ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13625, 19 December 1907, Page 7
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