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on their own account. How easily would come about leaving, 

 and subsequent wildness of dogs, when we remember the 

 people of one tribe were always, or most frequently, on the 

 alert to surprise and murder those of another tribe not in 

 friendly alliance with them ! Kill the owners of any dogs and 

 it would be highly improbable that the dogs would chum in 

 with the strangers ; hence they would become feral, for they 

 could easily support themselves, feeding on the flightless birds 

 of the country. 



" Further Notes on the Habits and Customs of the Maori," 

 by Captain Cook : " But the great pride of their dress consists 

 of the fur of their dogs, which they use with such economy 

 that they cut it into strijyes and sew them upon their cloth at 

 a distance from each other — a strong proof that dogs are not 

 plenty among them ; these stripes are also of different colours, 

 and disposed so as to produce a pleasing effect. We saw some 

 dresses that were adorned with feathers instead of fur ; but 

 these were not common, and we saw one that was entirely 

 covered with the red feathers of the parrot." 



"Second Voyage," Massacre of boat's -crew from the 

 " Adventure," Captain Furneaux, 17th December, 1774, at 

 Ship Cove. Mr. Burney's report : " In a small beach ad- 

 joining Grass Cove we saw a very large double canoe, just 

 hauled up, with two men and a dog. The men on seeing us 

 ran into the woods. In this canoe we found things belonging 

 to the lost crew — a great many baskets, some full of roasted 

 flesh. On further search we found a hand belonging to 

 Thomas Hill, it being tattooed ' T. H.' at Otaheite. 



" The next bay, which was Grass Cove, we found no boat, 

 but, instead of her, such a shocking scene of carnage and 

 barbarity as can never be mentioned or thought of but with 

 horror, for the heads, hearts, and lungs of several of our 

 people were seen lying on the beach, and, at a little distance, 

 the dogs gnaiuing their entrails." 



A note appended to Chapman's "Centenary": "Earl 

 (page 194) speaks of a rich feast, not of pork, nor fish, nor 

 even the kumara, but of two old sturdy large dogs. There 

 were only five persons allowed to partake of this delicious 

 meal, which was, as well as the five partakers, strictly tapued 

 for the whole of that day. A similar dish was offered to Cook 

 at Otaheite." 



Extract from introduction to Chapman's "Centenary": 

 "The New-Zealanders assert that their ancestors did not 

 bring the dog with them, but that it was introduced by a ship 

 that visited the islands before the arrival of Cook. The obso- 

 lete name pero for that animal is identical with the Spanish 

 name." 



Keferriug to the above, I may state that New Zealand, or 

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