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holding it up in the boat. He would not, however, part with it 

 till he had the cloth in his possession, and, as there could be 

 no transfer of property if, with equal caution, I had insisted on 

 the same condition, I ordered the cloth to be handed down to 

 him, upon which, with amazing coolness, instead of sending 

 up the skin, he began to pack up both that and the baize 

 which he had received as the purchase of it in a basket, with- 

 out paying the least regard to my demand or remonstrances, 

 and soon after, with the fishing-boats, put off from the ship." 



" Soon after this occurrence some natives in a canoe seized 

 Tayeto, Tupia's boy, and tried to paddle the canoe quickly 

 away. The marines fired at the canoe, and one man dropped ; 

 the boy, jumping into the sea, swam to the ship. This cape 

 was therefore called ' The Kidnappers.' " 



"This bay is called by the natives Tolaga. We saw no 

 four-footed animals, nor the appearance of any, either tame or 

 wild, except dogs and rats, and these were very scarce. The- 

 people eat the dogs, like our friends at Otaheite, and adorn 

 their garments with the skins, as we do ours with fur and 

 ermine." 



" In one of the canoes that came about us as soon as we 

 anchored we saw two men, who by their habits appeared to 

 be chiefs ; one of them was dressed in a jacket, which was 

 ornamented, after their manner, with dogs' skin ; the jacket 

 of the other was covered with small tufts of red feathers. . . . 

 In other seasons they have certainly plenty of excellent vege- 

 tables ; but no tame animals were seen among them, except 

 dogs, which were very small and ugly." 



This definition of the dog I maintain to be only referring 

 to the dogs of this particular district— of Tolaga Bay — and not 

 applicable to all the dogs seen in New Zealand. 



Page 28, " First Voyage," Queen Charlotte Sound: " Tlie 

 family, when we came on shore, was employed dressing some 

 provisions ; the body of a dog was at this time buried in their 

 oven, and many provision-baskets stood near. Having cast 

 our eyes carelessly into one of these as we passed it, we saw 

 two bones pretty cleanly picked, which did not seem to be 

 those of a dog, and which upon nearer exnmination we dis- 

 covered to be those of a human body." 



Page 133, "Second Voyage," Queen Charlotte Sound: 

 " These new-comers took up their quarters in a cove near us, 

 but very early next morning moved off with six of our small 

 water-casks, and with them all the people we found here on 

 our arrival. This precipitate retreat of these last we supposed 

 was owing to the theft the others had committed. They left 

 behind them some of their dogs." 



Here we have seemingly an instance of the owners leaving 

 at a time when their dogs had gone on a hunting expedition 



