CoLENSO. — On Moas and Moa-hunters. 503 



Compare with p. IGl (speaking of yo2i): " In his 'Geology of Pro- 

 vince of Canterbury ' lie formally adopts Mr. Colenso's views." 



P. 161. Mr. Stack and his Moa.- feathers. So Mr. Locke, and so J. 

 White (all nursery tales). See pp. 82, 98, 99, I.e., where I worked out 

 Mr. Locke's relation. 



P. 162. "Hair purely Melanesian." What? 



P. 164. " Dog brown or yelloioish colour, with long ears," &c. Our 

 earliest voyagers say, "Black, and also white, and particoloured, with 

 straight prick ears." 



P. 164. Note*. The whole of this note is not in the original Maori 

 text, as published by Sir G. Grey. I copy corrcctlj' that portion: — 



" Ka u mai hoki to Porua waka a te Ririno, na, ka patua nga kuri e 

 rua, kotahi i taona, kotahi i haematatia, ko Whakapapatuakura i taona, 

 ko Tangakakariki i haematatia, a ka puareare ka whakaturia nga tuaahu, 

 i whakaturia hoki nga toko o te atua, kia ngarea putia ai, ko te maro o te 

 atua, ka takapauria, ka whakatara te atua ka mea, 'Nau mai e te atua, 

 ekore au e whiti ki rawahi, nau mai ka whiti ai au.' Katahi ka maoa te 

 kuri ra, ka poipoia, ka mama tama i te riri, ka haere ka whakaturia nga 

 urutoko, Te pou kei runga te pou e Rangi, kei a Atutahimarehua."* 



N.B. — ^''oi!/un(7 said about " other dogs," neither of "spirits," nor of 

 " gods " (plural) ; -nor of a " sacrifice " ; nor of " ivearying sijirits " ; nor of 

 calling on tJiem for some omen; and their (the Maoris') call, or word, is 

 simiply, "Draw hither, the demon ; I cannot cross over to t'other side; 

 draw hither [and] I shall cross over," instead of the long sentence (of six 

 lines), and nothing more implied. And such is not infrequently the case 

 in that translation — pi'^^^^^'^^^y the plain, good Maori is often added to, 

 dressed, and garnished. 



P. 164. " Moreover," &c. Flavour of flesh of dogs far-fetched. 



P. 167. J. White's (!) and Mr. Travers's story of the origin of the name 

 of a hill on the East Coast, from a chief receiving a kick from a Moa ; 

 and M. Quatrefages naturally remarks, " We see how all these popular 

 reminiscences agree." [Bien bon !) This strongly reminds me of Taylor's 

 (and others') mistakes re Tongariro, Puareinga, Eangitoto, &c., &c. ; but 

 J. Wh. and T. forgot (?) to say that such was in the olden time, and that, 

 on his being kicked down the hill by the Moa, his foot striking a rock split 

 it asunder, and hence the outlet of the xjresent river through it. {Jam 

 satis.) For the "kick" and its probable origin, see Trans., vol. xii., 

 p. 103. 



P. 168. Re " mists of hills and fat of moas " and M. Quatrefages' lo7ig 

 note thereon ! J. White's tisiial magnifying and embellishing. First 

 paragraph, all from the short, common, ancient saying, vol. xii., pp. 84, 85. 

 N.B. — Sir D. McLean's testimony thereto, after long and general inquiry 

 throughout the Island extending throughout years, which he kindly 

 undertook for me. 



In a week after my last letter to Professor Von Haast I 

 received the following telegram from him, sent from Wel- 

 lington : — 

 Rev. W. Colenso, Napier. 26th May, 1885. 



Thanks for notes. Will return BuUer and Quatrefages in"a fortnight. 



Julius von Haast. 



My deae De. Von Haast,— Napier, 5th June, 1885. 



. . . Imprimis: I wished to say, at once, Don't send those 

 books here to me, but, as Locke is going to Wellington (to the Parliament), 

 let him see them first. I have talked with Locke about both dog and 



* Copied in full from Grey's P.M., that you may get it rendered by 

 Rev. Mr. Stack, there with you. 



