110 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



part to place on record all that is possible about the Maori, 

 and, above all, to illustrate as far as possible rny favourite 

 study — viz., the inner workings of the mind of primitive man. 



SUPPLBMENTAEY NOTES. 



Cannibalism. — Probably one of the final acts of cannibal- 

 ism in this district was at the fall of Te Tumu pa in 1836. 

 Taurua, Te Kowhai, Te Eua-o-kahukura II., and others of 

 Tuhoe, took part in the storming of Te Tumu. Hikairo, of 

 Te Arawa, came here to ask for assistance, and a party was 

 raised. Taurua brought back to Maungapohatu a calabash 

 containing the flesh of Hikareia. Another, containing the 

 flesh of Te Rua-taha-pari, was brought to Rua-tahuna. 



Harakeke. — The variety of flax of which the bases of the 

 leaves were eaten resembled the atuanga variety in appear- 

 ance. 



Hue. — Upoko-taupo, Whakahau-mdtua* and Manuka-roa\ 

 are names of varieties. The first two leaves put forth by 

 the plant are termed ran kakauo (seed leaves). The term 

 rautara is applied to the third leaf, and putaihinu to the 

 fourth. When the young runner appears the expression ama 

 is used. For some reason the four stars known as Pi-a-wai 

 are called a hue. 



Kekerewai and Tutaeruru. — These are quite distinct. The 

 latter flies about in the evening, making a booming sound. 

 The term manu a Behua, however, applies to both, and they 

 were both eaten. Some kinds of purerehua (moths) were also 

 eaten. 



Para taro. — The correct name is taro para. It grows in 

 the bush, and the edible tubers(?) form a clump. They are 

 like taro in appearance, and were cooked for a long time in a 

 steam- oven. 



Tdl. — The tap-root of the toi (Cordyline indivisa) was eaten 

 formerly, as also the young undeveloped leaves. The trunk, 

 or the upper portion of it, was likewise used as food, the 

 'outside part being first chipped with stone adzes. All species 

 of Cordyline provided food. The young leaves of the ti 

 kouka contain a bitter sap, which is absent in the toi. The 

 ti para was the best eating, and did not require the outside 

 chipped off. The tap-root (more), young leaves (rito), and 

 upper part of trunk were all eaten. It is not the same as the 

 ti tatvhiti. Of the ti kapu the rito alone was eaten. 



Ongaonga. — This is worrying me, and is not yet clear. 

 The plant known as ongaonga (? Urtica fcrox) is a plant of the 



* Used for taha liuahua. 

 f Used for oko bowls. 



