112 Transactions, = Miscellaneous. 
Inanimate Objects, and the operations of Nature already mentioned, about 
100. (4) From Man,—both chief and slave, male and female, old and 
young,—the parts of the body, his ailments, infirmities and sins,—his 
faculties, habits, and great powers,—nearly 100. I also find (5.) that from 
their Gods, demi-gods, and ancient heroes, mythical or real, they derive above 
100 ; and a like number, incidental, occasional, and peculiar, of particular 
or celebrated men; (6.) from Numbers, about a dozen; (7.) from Artificial 
Objects,—such as, the House and its belongings, the Canoe (their ship!) and 
its equipment, —from their many and varied garments,—from war, fishing, 
fowling, and husbandry implements,— from their artificial paper kites and 
other games,—from their many Ornaments of greenstone, birds’ feathers, 
and shark’s teeth,—and from their scented necklaces, anointing oils and 
various cosmetics, nearly 200; while ( 8.) for love, affection, sympathy 
nobility and greatness,—kindness and hospitality, industry (both of men 
and women), quickness, and expertness,—endurance, patience, deliberation, 
counsel, and advice,—peace not War,—courage and bravery,—and, against 
ill-temper, ill-manners, and ill-nature, —laziness both of men and women,— 
weariness and grumbling,—slander, shame, lying, and theft,—begging, idle- 
ness, and gluttony,—disobedience, fear, cowardice, anger, hate, rashness, 
and threatening,—superstition and omens, they have more than 200; of 
which, it may be observed, that by far the largest number are in support of 
industry, and against slander, gluttony, and laziness—their present three 
common vices. ‘ O tempora! O mores!” 
The colonist of to-day—aye, and most, too, of those of the last ten, or 
even 25-30 years—who have had many dealings with the Maoris, or who 
have had ample opportunities of observing them closely, will naturally feel 
a little peplexed at this; as, I fear, their own experience would generally 
tell a different tale. But it must be borne in mind that the present genera- 
tion is a widely different one from their forefathers,—inheriting nearly all 
their vices (with those heavier and commoner ones too surely attendant on 
“ civilization 1"), and but little of their virtues. The modern settler in New 
Zealand would be quite prepared to hear of many Maori proverbs and 
proverbial sayings in favour of war, cruelty, anger, hate, murder, theft, 
gluttony, sloth, laziness, lying, duplicity, stratagem, over-reaching and 
over-bearing conduct, the ill-treatment of women, children, and slaves, and 
of superstition and omens; but of all such proverbs, as a rule, it may 
safely be affirmed they are not to be found among those of the Maori people. 
There is something in all this which is of far greater moment than 
appears at first sight ; which, I have little doubt, will be duly considered in 
time to come. The question here naturally arises, Were those many pro- 
verbs and proverbial sayings in favour of the good and the useful—real ? 
