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We wish that we could illustrate more of these pictures, but unfortunately many of them are done in watercolour and pencil, and would not reproduce well. But if you should visit the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington, the people there will be very pleased to show them to you. Aporo had been educated by Pakehas, probably by missionaries, since he uses Christian symbolism to express his hatred of Governor Grey, the leader of his enemies. He had turned against Pakeha things, and the bishop is shown as being an ally of Grey's. But he knew in his dreams that it was too late to defeat the Pakeha. He made these drawings very carefully and skilfully, and his images of the great crisis in which he was a helpless victim move us now by their poetic power (the drawing on page 38 may remind some readers of the drawings of William Blake), and by the sense of impending doom which they express. Early drawings of this kind are very rare indeed. If some other early drawings have been preserved by Maori families and are not yet generally known about, it would be of great interest if their owners were to decide to let Te Ao Hou know of their existence. Sir George Grey carrying off the Maori People in his bag.

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