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that the perfect hole in No. 1 was bored because the other 

 was a failure or had been accidentally broken. The length is 

 20in. The surface is very smooth picked work, not polished. 

 Fig. a is a section across the thickest part ; fig. a", section 

 through handle. 



Fig. 2. A stone mere found in Otago, 18in. long, 3^in. wide, Ifin. thick. 

 It is of a closely-grained dark stone, very finely picked all over. 

 No portion is in any way ground or polished. The figure is 

 too small to show the numerous small notches along the sharp 

 edges. 



Fig. 3. A stone club of similar character, 9in. long, now in the Oamaru 

 Athenaeum Museum. It vs-as found, I believe, in a rock- 

 shelter near Ngapara. Fig. h gives a section of this and fig. 

 4. The hole is bored in a very curious place, and both this 

 and fig. 4 have grooves round the end of the handle for the 

 attachment of the usual thong. 



Fig. 4 is much the same, but has a well-bored hole at the point. 



Plate IX. 

 Photograph of the Contents of the Maori Kete found in a Cave-shelter 



at Patearoa. 

 Small mat, just commenced (kakahu). 

 Partly-prepared New Zealand flax (whitau). 

 Fragment of whitebait-net {he kaka). 

 Pair of doubled plaited sandals (paracrae torua), made from the 



leaves of the ti (Cordyline). 

 Pair of plaited sandals (paraerae takitahi). 



Bag with cord attached. The bag now contains kohoivai, but 

 was originally intended for making the tittu wine, the ripe 

 berries being placed in the bag and the Juice expressed through 

 the meshes. This kind of bag was called pukoro. 

 Small twist of partly-dressed flax. 



Bundle of finely-prepared flax, dyed black {whitau parapara) . 

 Two small mats, just commenced {kakahu). 

 Small bundle of leaves of Celmisia viscosa, probably collected 

 for the sweet-smelling gummy matter on the leaves. 

 Fig. 11. Jjavge 2^aua shell, with flax handle for suspension, still contain- 

 ing kokowai, and the flax wad with which the paint was ap- 

 plied. 

 Fig. 12. Two pieces cut from the wing-bone of an albatros : one has 

 been made into a flute, and afterwards broken ; the other has 

 not yet had the holes made in it. 

 Fig. 13. Two Mytilus shells, used for scraping the cuticle from the flax- 

 leaf. 

 Fig. 14. Small flax bag or sachet of flax of curious workmanship, con- 

 taining a small fragment of mimiha, a native pitch used as a 

 masticatory. 

 Fig. 15. Small packet of scented gum. 

 Fig. 16. Prepared flax {ivhitau) in hanks {whenu). 



Fig. 17. Large flax kit containing the above, and four large bundles of 

 the tomentum from the back of the leaf of Celmisia coriacea. 



Plate X. 



Haliotis shell, with worked-flax handle for suspension, contains mixed 

 kokowai, a native oxide of iron, used as a red paint for many pur- 

 poses. 



A well-made bag used for straining off the juice from the fruit of the tutu 

 (Coriaria ruscifolia). The juice was highly esteemed as a beverage. 



