White. — On the Neio Zealand Dog. 591 



The respect shown to these remams of dogs described here 

 corresponds to the surroundings of the skeleton of a dog 

 wrapped in matting which was found by Captain Eowan, and 

 referred to in Transactions, vol. ix., page 243, some years ago. 



I maintain that we have no proof that the dogs seen by 

 Dr. Marshall and Mrs. Guard were European or imported 

 dogs, and that they were the kiiri. No colour, form, or size 

 is here given, but the matter of the tapu is of great interest. 



Mr. Colenso entirely gives himself away when he says we 

 have not proved beyond doubt that the original native rat 

 (kiore) is living with us at the present day. Note the last 

 paper on this subject (Transactions, vol. xxv.) by Sir W. 

 Buller. Mrs. Guard was wrecked on the coast of New Zea- 

 land on the 29th April, 1834, at which time the dog, when 

 living, acted as a watch, and was food and clothing when dead. 

 (Note remarks further on in this present paper.) I am of 

 opinion these were the kuri. Yet Mr. Colenso says Messrs. 

 Marsden and Nicholas failed to see the native dog in 1814-15, 

 but they saw imported dogs in great numbers, and also run- 

 ning toild. Where can I see an account of these dogs of 

 1815? 



Mr. Colenso sums up the result of his observations or quo- 

 tations thus : " It was really a domestic animal, small in size, 

 with pointed nose, prick ears, and ve7-y little eyes; that it was 

 dull, stupid, and ugly; of various colours — white, black, hroum, 

 and particoloured — with lank long hair, and a short bushy 

 tail ; that it was fed on fish and refuse offal, and that it was 

 quiet, lazy, and sulleii, had little or no scent, and had no 

 proper bark." I fail to see where the authority for the brown 

 colour is obtained ; but that there were such I do not doubt.* 



I have gleaned all the evidence on the native dog which is 

 to be found in the account of Cook's "Voyages" round New 

 Zealand, which appears to be given verbatim in Chapman's 

 " Centenary Memorial of Captain Cook's Description of New 

 Zealand," and will now place them before you. 



When in Haw^ke's Bay, " A large canoe, with tW'O-and- 

 twenty armed men on board, came boldly up alongside the 

 ship. We soon saw that this boat had nothing for traffic ; 

 yet we gave them two or three pieces of cloth, an article they 

 seemed fond of. I observed that one man had a hlach skin 

 thrown over him, somewhat resembling that of a bear, and, 

 being desirous to know what animal was its first owner, I 

 offered him for it a piece of red baize, and he seemed greatly 

 pleased with the bargain, immediately pulling off the skin, and 



*Mr. A. Hamilton says, in Trans., vol. xxv., p. 488, "In the mat 

 under notice the upper and lower edges had a fringe of strips of dogskin, 

 with black, reddish-brown, and white hairs twisted in." 



