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man here. Such can be found in the Institute's Transactions, 

 vol. v, in a very fine paper, " The Life and Times of Raupa- 

 raha," by the late W. T. L. Travers, or in vol. vi of John White's 

 " Ancient History of the Maori." 



Hone Heke, the great chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe, is well 

 known for having cut down the flagstaff at Kororareka, in 

 July, 1844. His life occupies a prominent place in every New 

 Zealand history, and up to the present time there have been 

 three pictures published of him. I can find, however, no 

 description of his personal appearance in any of the books 

 at my command. The best-known picture of Heke is that 

 taken with his wife from a sketch by Merritt. which appears in 

 Thomson's " Story of New Zealand " (vol. ii, p. 96) and other 

 works. The stern, commanding look of the warrior is well 

 portrayed both in this and in Grilfillan's picture, but the former 

 does not correspond altogether with the latter, the whole head 

 being too square, with nose, forehead, and lips too much 

 after the European type. The general moko lines are much 

 the same in both, but the nose-markings which appear in Gril- 

 fillan's sketch are wanting in Merritt's, whilst the connect- 

 ing lines between the markings round the lips and the cheek- 

 spirals are different. Of the two drawings, Gilfillan's is the 

 finer, and, being larger, more details are obtained. Another 

 picture of the Ngapuhi warrior is in a water-colour sketch by 

 J. Merrett, in the collection of Dr. T. M. Hocken, of Dunedin, 

 a reproduction of which is given at page 365 of Mr. A. Hamil- 

 ton's " Maori Art." This is a beautiful drawing of five Natives 

 in full dress, and well delineates the different types and castes 

 of Maori countenance. Here Heke is shown full face, but, 

 although very fine, it does not depict the stern, commanding 

 presence portrayed in Gilfillan's sketch, or in Merrett's other 

 picture in Thomson's work. (Although there is a difference 

 in the spelling of the name " Merrett," the pictures are, I 

 presume, by the same, artist.) Yet another picture that we 

 have of Heke is attributed to Angas, and is to be found in 

 " New-Zealanders Illustrated," Heke and Patuone occupying 

 the one plate. This picture is reproduced in " Annals of the 

 Colonial Church " (p. 164), published in 1847, and in several later 

 works, in some of which the word " photo " is placed before 

 Angas's name. In " Savage Life and Scenes " Angas gives a 

 short account of the life of Heke, but he makes no mention of 

 having taken a sketch of the chief, and it is certain that he did 

 not carry a camera around with him. I am inclined to think- 

 that the picture has been drawn from memory, or at any rate 

 hurriedly, for it bears the appearance of careless, handling in 

 regard to the tattoo-marking, whilst the portrait of Patuone, on 



