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| Introductory Note | iii |
| CHAPTER I. |
| Early life of Mr. Samuel Marsden—His appointment to New South Wales—Voyage, and arrival in the Colony | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| Discovery and early History of New South Wales—Becomes a Penal Settlement—Its state, moral and religions, on Mr. Marsden’s arrival | 11 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| Mr. Marsden appointed to the Magistracy—Objections to this considered—Cultivates Land—Charge of Secularity considered—His connexion with the London Missionary Society, and care of its Polynesian Mission—Revisits England in 1807 | 26 |
| Distant view of Sydney (Engraving) | |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| Various measures devised for the benefit of New South Wales—The establishment of Missions in New Zealand—Friendship with Dr. Mason Good | 47 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| Return to the Colony—Duaterra—His strange Adventures—Mr. Marsden’s Labours in New South Wales—Aborigines—Their Habits—Plans for their Civilization | 63 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| Mr. Marsden’s Correspondence with the London Missionary Society—Buys the brig Active—His First Voyage to New Zealand—Journal of Events | 85 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| Mr. Marsden’s Correspondence with the London Missionary Society—Buys the brig Active—His First Voyage to New Zealand—Journal of Events | 85 |
| CHAPTER VII |
| Death of Duaterra—Trials of Mr. Marsden in the Colony—Libel of Philo-free—Letter to the Rev. George Burder—To Dr. Mason Good—Sympathy of his Friends in England—Congratulations of the 46th Regiment, and Mr. M’s acknowledgment—Letters of Lord Gambier, Rev. C. Simeon, and Mrs. Fry | 108 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| Tooi and Teterree—Mr. Marsden’s Second Voyage to New Zealand—Progress of the Gospel there—Shunghie—His ferocity—Mr. Marsden returns to New South Wales—Third Voyage to New Zealand—Malicious charges brought against him in his absence—A Commission of Inquiry—Its result—Letters, etc.—Approbation of the Government | 129 |
| The Bay of Islands, New Zealand (Engraving) | |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| Fourth Visit to New Zealand—Trials and Successes of the various Missions—Shipwreck and Danger of Mr. Marsden and the Rev. S. Leigh—Returns home—Letter to Avison Terry, Esq. | 167 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| Aborigines—South Sea Mission—Fresh Slanders on Mr. Marsden’s character—His Pamphlet in self-defence—Letter of Messrs. Bennett and Tyerman—Libels and Action at Law—Verdict—Case of Ring—Pastoral Letters of Mr. Marsden: To a Lady; On the Divinity of Christ—Fifth Voyage to New Zealand—Letters, etc. | 184 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| Death of Dr. Mason Good—Malicious charges brought against Mr. Marsden and confuted—Sixth Voyage to New Zealand—Frightful state of the Island—Battle of the Maories—Their Cannibalism—Progress of the Mission—Mr. Marsden’s return—Death of Mrs. Marsden—Anticipation of his own decease | 212 |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| State of New South Wales—The Aborigines—Cruelties practised upon them—Attempts to civilize and convert them—They fail—Mr. Marsden’s Seventh Visit to New Zealand—His Daughter’s Journal—Affection of the Natives—Progress of the Mission—Danger from European vices—Returns in H. M. S. Rattlesnake to Sydney | 232 |
| Paramatta Church (Engraving) | |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| Mr. Marsden’s ministerial pursuits and journeys—Love of the Country and of Patriarchal story—His Old Age—Its mental features—Anecdotes—Love of Children—Bishop Broughton—His reverence for Mr. Marsden’s character—Mr. Marsden’s views of Death, etc.—His Habits of Prayer—His Illness and Death | 260 |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| Character of Mr. Marsden—His Life and Labours | 280 |
| APPENDIX I. |
| Progress of the Gospel and of Civilization in New Zealand, since Mr. Marsden’s Decease | 295 |
| APPENDIX II. |
| State and Prospects of the Protestant Mission at Tahiti, under the French Protectorate | 311 |
