MACGREGOR'S LEAP, ON THE WANGANUI RIVER. PATEA TOWNSHIP AS SEEN FROM THE RAILWAY STATION. During the tioub ous times with the Maons, a man named MacGic«;or went into the disaffected country to Situated about a mile fiom the mouth ot the uvcr, Patea is the natiu.il <utlet tor tlie pioduce of a large portion see if his cattle were safe. He was puisued by the Maoris and to =aye his life he jumped over the cliff of the noli pastoial and aur ciiHuial distnct lying between New Plymouth and Wan<*amii? seen m the picture, and, although fired upon, succeeded in swimming oafely acio~s the river.

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MACGREGOR'S LEAP, ON THE WANGANUI RIVER. During the tioub ous times with the Maons, a man named MacGic«;or went into the disaffected country to see if his cattle were safe. He was puisued by the Maoris and to =aye his life he jumped over the cliff seen m the picture, and, although fired upon, succeeded in swimming oafely acio~s the river.