,60 Transactions. — Miscellaneous . 



Throat Affections. 

 A chokin<? person was relieved by means of such charms 

 as the following, the sufferer being slapped on the back at the 



time of repetition : — 



Kaitoa ano koe kia raoa 

 Nau ka ngau mai, ngau mai 

 Na 1 ka ngau atu, ngau atu 

 Te horo a te kawau 

 Horo mania, horo panuku 

 Horo, puhaina mai ki waho. 



Or the following : — 



Te Whai whiti raoa, tapa raoa 



Kaitoa koe kia raoa 



Na to kai tu, na to kai rere 



Na to kai haere 



Na to kai taraa wahine 



E hia ou ka ? 



E rua ou kai 



I horomia e koe 



Ko nini, ko nana 



Ko te patari o Wahieroa 



Tama wahine, whakaruakin ' 



Raoa ki waho 



Hokaikai ana ou ringaringa 



Hokaikai ana ou waewae 



Hotu nuku, hotu rangi 



Hotu pakia 



Whakaruakina 



Nau mai ki waho. 



Leprosy (Ngerengere). 



Leprosy is found in nearly all the groups of islands of Poly- 

 nesia, and, like other diseases introduced by foreign peoples, 

 it at first increases rapidly in severity and frequency, and then 

 gradually diminishes. Introduced into the Sandwich Islands 

 by the Chinese circa 1848, leprosy quickly spread amongst 

 the unfortunate Bawaiians until they gained the unenviable 

 distinction of being one of the few native races more leprous 

 than the Chinese. Fifty years after its introduction the disease 

 was reported to be diminishing in severity. There are fears 

 that the terrible record of leprosy in Hawaii is to be repeated 

 in New Caledonia. Introduced in 1866 by a Chinaman, it has 

 now spread to all the tribes: over four thousand cases are said 

 to exist in the group, and the disease is rapidlv increasing. The 

 history of the introduction of leprosy into New Zealand is hidden 

 in the mists of bygone centuries. Possibly it spread very rapidlv 

 at first, and then, as in the Sandwich Islands, having reached 

 a maximum, commenced to decline, and has now almost entirely 

 disappeared. 



The classical accounl of leprosy among the Maoris was written 



