194 NATIVES INHABITING [PART I. 



the natives of the interior of Taupo and a branch of 

 the natives of Wanganui. It is, however, probable 

 that the great influx of Europeans into Cook's Straits, 

 and the spreading of Christianity, will ere long ter- 

 minate all these hostilities, and that their long- 

 sustained quarrels will give way to a peaceful 

 possession of their property, and to those blessings 

 of security which can only be enjoyed in a well- 

 organized state of society. 



I subjoin a census of the tribes in Cook's Straits, 

 indicating the larger families to which they respect- 

 ively belong. 



