340 Essays. 
III. PHILOLOGICAL. 
40. The New Zealand a dialect of the Poly- | 45. Poetry. 
nesian language. 46. Traditions; legends; myths. 
ar. tory. T 
41. Its gramm 47. Ora 
42. Beauties. 48. Of Europeans speaking it. 
43. Arbitrary change of words. 49. Its extent and connections. 
44. Proverbs and sayings; fables. 
IV. PALEONTOLOGICAL. 
50. Origin of the New Zealanders. 51. Antiquity of New Zealanders in New 
(i) Zealand, 
Are the present New Zealanders , proved— 
f utochthones ? o By tradition 
(2.) Were there autochthones ? (2.) By archeology. 
(3.) Did the immigrants come from (3.) By history. 
nearest land ? a (4.) By habits, customs, manufactures, 
(4) Whence came they ? 
(i.) Probable. (5.) By language. 
Gi.) Mythical (Sandwich Islands) (6.) By religion. 
i (7.) And possibly by the moa (Dinor- 
considered. 
(ii) Ditto (Samoan Islands) : 
considered. (8.) Conclusion. 
Gv.) If either, still unsatisfac- | 52. Of the first mythical immigrants and 
ory. their doings. 
(v.) Hawaiki probably allegori- | 53. The question repeated :— W hence came 
eal. P 
(1 to 27.) Thoughts and Excogita- 
tions. 
V. MODERN 
54. Comprising a century ; changes caused by the introduction of four animals. 
1. Foreign or External. 
55. From A.D. 1769 to 1794 (Cook to | 57. From A.D. 1814 to 1840 (first settlers 
Governor King). to Treaty of Waitangi). 
56. From A.D. 1794 to 1814 (Governor King | 58. From A.D. 1840 to 1865 (Treaty of 
to first settlers). Waitangi to present year). 
2. Domestic or Internal. 
59. From 1769 to 1800. 63. Their decrease and its causes. 
60. From 1800 to 1840. 64. Decline of power and influence; reflec- 
61. From 1840 to 1865. tions. 
62. Their numbers; past; present. 
VI. FuTURE. 
65. Fears and hopes. | (2.) Real and active measures. 
(1.) Needful and preparatory. 66. Conclusion. 
Table of native population, North Island of New Zealand, with names of tribes 
and boundaries. 
MvcH has been said of late about the New Zealanders; from the palace to 
the cottage, from the senate of Great Britain to the village ale-house, 
themselves, their doings, and their country, have been greatly talked of. Not 
many, however, of those who have talked or written the most concerning 
them, have really understood them; and it is not wholly without hopes of 
making them to be a little better known, that the following brief essay has 
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