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from Hawaiki, some twenty-seven or twenty-eight genera- 

 tions ago. On arrival they found the islands thickly in- 

 habited by natives who differed considerably from them, 

 being darker, and having very black hair. After much fight- 

 ing, they made peace with the islanders, and, intermarrying 

 with them, the two races became fused. There is another 

 tradition of the arrival of a second body of immigrants at a 

 later date. These are said to have come from New Zealand.* 



This traditional history tends to show that the Morioris, 

 like the Maoris, are of a mixed Polynesian and Melanesian 

 stock. 



One of the earliest of the English settlers f describes them 

 as "of middle stature, with almond-shaped eyes and hooked 

 noses," bearing " a most remarkable resemblance to the 

 Jewish race." I am told, however, by one of the European 

 residents that this Jewish nose is by no means universally pre- 

 sent—that, indped, broad and rather flat noses are more com- 

 mon. They differed considerably from the Maoris in appear- 

 ance, as they did not practise tattooing. In character, too, 

 they were unlike the New Zealand natives, being gentle and 

 timid, and totally devoid of the energy, intelligence, and 

 ferocity of their conquerors. 



The measurements of about thirty Moriori skulls have, I 

 believe, been already published. Four crania, one of them a 

 child's, were collected by the " Challenger " expedition. 

 These, with five others in the anatomical museum of the 

 University of Edinburgh, have been described by Sir William 

 Turner :[ in his report on the human crania in that collection. 

 Eight crania are in the museum of the Eoyal College of 

 Surgeons in London, and have been measured by Sir "William 

 Flower. § Three are described by Dr. Zuckerkandl,|| from the 

 collection made by the " Novara " expedition, and one of these 

 is figured. Five are in the Paris Museum, and are described 

 by MM. de Quatrefages and Hamy ;1i one of these is also 

 figured. Dr. Barnard Davis"''' gives the measurements of three 

 more, one of which, however, is a child's. Some measurements 

 of one skull are given by Dr. F. J. Knox,f f in describing a 



* Gilbert Mair : "Notes on the Chatham Islands and their Inhabit- 

 ants " ; Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. iii., 1870. W. T. L. Travers : " Notes on 

 the Traditions and Manners and Customs of the Morioris " ; Trans. N.Z. 

 Inst., vol. ]x., 1876. 



t F. Hunt : " Twenty-five Years' Experience in New Zealand and the 

 Chatham Islands." 1866. 



J " ' Challenger ' Keports " : Human Crania. 



S Catalonue of the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. 



II Reise der " Novara," Anthropologischer Theil. 



1[ " Crania Ethnica." 



**" Thesaurus Craniorum." 



tt Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. v., 1872. 



