...we met I"—Shakyere. Since I find it impossible to walk the streets without exciting the'curiosity of all who see me, from my remarkable appearance,...always having an opportunity of satisfying them, I have been advised by my friends to present the public with a short account of my adventures since I first...

...fritud, thy face Is valanced since we met!" — Shakespeare. "Since I find it in'^ossible to \rnlk the streets without exciting the curiosity of all...always having an opportunity of satisfying them, I have been advised by my friends to present the public with a short account of my adventures since I first...

...have inflicted these unheard of cruelties/2 He thus provides a justification for publishing his story: 'Since I find it impossible to walk the streets without...always having an opportunity of satisfying them'.' ' Although he later attempted to return to New Zealand, Burns was never reunited with his Maori family....

...Irishman who lived as a Pakeha-Maori in the 183os and received a full facial and body moko, which made it 'impossible to walk the streets without exciting the curiosity of all who see me', earned his living for a time exhibiting himself in England. He described his pamphlet as a 'plain statement...