242 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



It is evident that these villagers were a tribe of artisans 

 who made weapons and domestic articles for trading purposes. 

 While they were on a prolonged visit to some other place 

 a gale of extraordinary severity must have overwhelmed their 

 kainga, burying it 20 ft. or 30 ft. deep with drifting sand, and 

 now, after a lapse of perhaps hundreds of years, it has been 

 exposed to view. Since I last visited it the sand has again 

 covered the larger portion of the village- site. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES LI., LII. 



Plate LI. 

 Haft of fish-hook. 

 Fish-hook. 



Fish took made of human bone. 

 Toothpick made of human bone. 

 Sewing-needles made of albatross-bone. 

 Stone and shell fisb-hooks. 

 Bone barbs for bird-spear. 

 Motbtr-of pearl ornaments. 

 Uhi, or tattooing-rtdzes. 

 Spoon made of mother-of-pearl. 



Plate LII. 



Bone toggle for fastening tiki ornaments round the neck. 

 Curious stone ornament. 



(side view). 

 Bone ornament. 

 Stone ornament. 



Portion of jaw of native dog, cut in two. 

 Tuatara jaws. 

 Shell adze. 

 Stone sptar-head. 

 Moa-bone cut in two. 

 Portion of human thigh-bone cut in two. 

 Top end of handle, showing carving. 

 Poria, or ring for foot of pet kaka. 



