I have collected them carefully from the accounts of the most distinguished and intelligent man in Hanaruro, my friend Karemaku, a Spaniard named marini, who had long resided here, assisting as interpreter.
"A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2"
Otto von Kotzebue
He took much pains, assisted by the Spaniard marini, to introduce the cotton-tree, which answered very well, and yielded fine cotton; and endeavoured to improve the native flax, already much superior to that of New Zealand, and to profit by it as an article of commerce.
"A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2"
Otto von Kotzebue
The exertions of marini introduced here many European vegetables, the vine and other fruits, which are all in a flourishing state.
"A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2"
Otto von Kotzebue