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COOK S FIRST VOYAGE 



MARCH, 



served of another kind, the cross that was set up 

 near Queen Charlotte's Sound. 



Having now given the best account in my power 

 of the customs and opinions of the inhabitants of 

 New Zealand, with their boats, nets, furniture, and 

 dress, I shall only remark, that the similitude be- 

 tween these particulars here and in the South Sea 

 islands is a very strong proof that the inhabitants 

 have the same origin ; and that the common ances- 

 tors of both, were natives of the same country. They 

 have both a tradition that their ancestors, at a very 

 remote period of time, came from another country ; 

 and according to the tradition of both, that the name 

 of that country was Heawije ; but the similitude of 

 the language seems to put the matter altogether out 

 of doubt. I have already observed, that Tupia, 

 when he accosted the people here in the language of 

 his own country, was perfectly understood ; and I 

 shall give a specimen of the similitude by a list of 

 words in both languages, according to the dialect of 

 the northern and southern islands of which New 

 Zealand consists, by which it will appear that the 

 language of Otaheite does not differ more from that 

 of New Zealand, than the language of the two islands 

 from each other. 



