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So far as I am aware, the name has not been heard since 

 Cook's time — since when, it must be remembered, much of the 

 ancient knowledge of the Maori has been lost. 



35. Huoa is found in Maori songs, often in conjunction 

 with other words referring to ancient people, gods, and lands, 

 sometimes with adjectives added, as, Hiwa-nui Ojiad. Hkva-roa. 

 It is possibly a recollection of one of the islands of the 

 Marquesas — i.e., Hma-oaov Nicku-hiica. In the Hervey group 

 the name Iva is supposed by the Kev. Wyatt Gill to refer to 

 Nuku-hiva, of the Marquesas. 



36. Burntit occurs in one of the laments given in " Nga Mo- 

 teatea" in connection with several ancient names— " Ki te 

 takutai o Rurutu," " On the seashore of Rurutu." Can this be 

 Rurutu, one of the Austral group, near the Hervey group? 



37. Taranija. — From the fact of this name occurring in the 

 tradition of the Creation (An. Hist. Maori), it is evidently very 

 old indeed. If we remember that in Hawaii the " k " replaces 

 the Maori "t," and that the people of the former place use 

 *' n " for " ng," we shall recognise Karana, of the Hawaii 

 traditions, one of the original homes of the people on the far- 

 distant shores of Asia. 



38. Nahu-te-rca occurs in the tradition of T a-taka-liina- 

 Jiina (An. Hist. Maori, vol. ii., p. 51), with two other lauds or 

 islands {NuJcu-tc-iki, Nukic-Diiirn). In Fornander, vol. i., 

 p. 175, the original home of the Take, or Marquesans, is called 

 Take-hce-hce, in which was a place called Nn'ii-tcea. The 

 Marquesans do not pronounce the "r;" consequently Nio'ic- 

 te'ca becomes Nuku-tcrca, identical with this Maori name. The 

 Maori tradition, however, is probably of later origin than their 

 migration from the Eastern Archipelago, and the locality must 

 be looked for in nearer lands. At the same time the inci- 

 dents related have a very archaic tone about them ; some of 

 them clearly relate to a great volcanic outburst. 



The notes above given — which are, I acknowledge, of un- 

 equal value — taken altogether, show that the JNIaori had an 

 extensive knowledge of the Pacific islands, inasmuch as it 

 included Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Tahiti, Rarotonga, and possibly 

 the Marquesas, and some lands in the Indian x\rchipelago. 

 Froni other lines of reasoning it may be shown that they were 

 acquainted with the Hawaii Islands; but, as the evidence is not 

 in its nature geographical, I do not refer to it here. 



Pl.ices known to the Moriori ok the Chatham Islands. 

 In what follows I am indebted almost entirely to informa- 

 tion supplied me by Mr. Alexander Shand, of Whangamarino, 

 Chatham Islands. The references are very few, but they will, 

 let us hope, be greatly supplemented by Mr. Shand's own 



