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Some other of Paikea’s ancestors, whom he had called on, and, also, 
recollected in his distress,—as Houtaiki, Pakia, Hikitaiorea, Mataiahuru, 
etc.,— are yet more ancient than those mentioned in this list, and run, 
also, in two other lines of tae ; those lines, however, are not here given. 
Il. Of Pani. 
The veaaie i line of deneent from Pani down to Uenuku contains 38 
generations ; and there are several other generations enumerated which 
preceded Pani, besides others before the first of that line, which are 
evidently wholly, or in part, mythological. 
Ill. Of Uenuku. 
The line of descent from Uenuku to the present time contains 25 to 28 
generations ; i.¢., I have several lines of descent of several families strictly 
enumerated and all allowed, from Uenuku down to the present time, and 
they thus vary; which, however, can easily be accounted for. These lines 
give also the principal wife of each chief; and all of them descend from 
Uenuku direct through Ruatapu and his son Hau. 
In the line, also, from Houmea (above), there are 27 generations from 
Paikea to the present time. . 
“‘ Quid prodest, Pontice, longo 
Sanguine se ee ostendere vultus 
Majorum?’ 
Art. I.—Contributions towards a better Knowledge of the Maori Race. 
By W. Cotenso, F.L.S. 
[CONTINUED* ] 
[Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 8th August, 1881.]. 
——‘For, I, too, agree with Solon, that ‘I i womld fain grow old learning many 
things.’”—Pxiato: Laches. 
On tHe Ipganity or THe Ancrent New ZEALANDER. 
Part IV.—On rem Leeenps, Myrus, quasi-rE“icious CEREMONIES AND 
INVOCATIONS, CONCERNING THE Kumara Puant. 
In a paper which I was honoured with reading before you last year,} some 
account was given of the Kumara plant (Ipomea chrysorrhiza ), its use, high 
value, and manner of cultivation by the ancient Maoris, and of its several 
distinct varieties known to them : so much for the real concerning it. 
* See “‘ Trans. N.Z. Inst.,” Vol. XL, Art. V., p- 77; and Vol. XII., Art. VIL, p. 108; 
also, Vol. XIII., Art. III., p. 57. 
+‘On the Vegetable Food of the ancient New Zealanders,” ‘Trans. N.Z. Tnst.,” 
Vol. XIII, p. 3. 
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