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Traycsact Ions. — Miscellaneous. 



Appendix C. 

 List of objects found in the upper, or Maori, de2:>osits of the Moa-bone 

 Point Cave : — 



a. — Eemaiiis of Mammals. 

 Bones, human 

 Bones of whales, ziphoid ... 

 Bones of porpoise 

 Bones of dog 

 Bones of sea leopard, Stenorhynchus 



leptonyx 

 Bones of fur seal, Arctocephalus cine 



o'eus 

 Bones of little fur seal, Gypsoplioca 



suhtropicaUs 

 Bones of rat 



h. — Kemains of Birds. 



(1) Extinct. 



Small pieces of Moa bones, mostly 

 bleached and decomposed 



(2) Recent. 



Bones of Graculus punctatus, spotted 



shag 

 Bones of Graculus sp. 

 Bones of Anas super ciliosa, grey duck 

 Bones of Circus assimilis, harrier 

 Bones of Arclea alba, white crane 

 Bones of Casarca variegata, paradise 



duck 



Bones of Apteryx australis, large kiwi 

 Bones of Ossifraga gigantea, nelly 

 Bones of small birds, not yet deter 



mined 

 Feathers of Graculus jmnctatas, spotted 



shag 

 Feathers of Stringops hatrojJfUus, ka 



kapo 



c— Remains of Fishes. 

 Bones of hapuku, Oligorus gigas 

 Bones of other fishes not yet deter- 

 mined 



d. — Remains of MoUusks. 



]\lytilus smaragdiniis, mussel, nu- 

 merous, tray 



Chione stutc/iburyi, cockle, numerous, 

 tray ... ... 



Mesodesma chemnitzii,-[)\]}\, numerous, 

 tray 



Amphibola avellana, periwinkle, nu- 

 merous, tray 



Mesodesma cuneata, numerous, tray 



Lutraria deshayesii, kokotu, about 

 30 of them lying very close to 

 gether upon the dirt-bed, tray 



Mactra discors, a few, tray 



Valuta pacifca, a few, tray 



Turbo smaragdus, a few, tray 



Unio aucklandicus, a few, tray 



Ualiotis iris, a few, tray ... 



No. 



3 

 12 



9 

 51 



11 



37 



19 

 3 



104 



17 



8 



3 



2 



3 

 2 



1 

 37 

 62 

 49 



164 

 37 



Objects in Wood, Bone, or Fibre. 



Pieces of a toa, a long thin spear 

 made of tawa, Kesoda])Itne taiva, 

 to shoot birds with. At the upper 

 end a barbed point, called tara, 

 was fastened, made of human or 

 bird's bone ... 



A wooden imjilement (fishhook) made 

 of pukatea, Atherosjjerma nm^ce- 

 Z€ala7idice, wath a small piece of 

 whale's tooth, called mata, stand- 

 ing backwards. Manga oko-oko 



Fernroot pounders, Patu anihe, manu- 

 factured from maire, Santalum 

 cunninghamii 



Fernroot pounder, Patu aruhe, manu- 

 factured from akeake, Olearia 



sp 



Fragments of Matiha tuna, fork for 

 spearing eels, made of manuka, 

 Leptosjyei'nium scojxirium 



Portion of a batten for a whare, kaho, 

 made of turepo, Hoheria popul- 

 nea, ribbon-wood 



Portions of several Whakakai, wooden 

 dishes, for the preservation of fat 

 and juice 



Parrot-stands, Taka ore kaka, made 

 of pukatea, Athcrosperma novce- 

 zealandice ... 



Pu-tatara, small trumpet, blo-N^-n by 

 the mouth, made of a Struthio- 

 laria shell, with an opening at 

 the point. According to Maori 

 information, its use was confined 

 to chiefs, the approach of whom 

 would be announced by its sound 



Mata, mouth of fiax bag, made by 

 twisted thin sticks, for i)reserving 

 birds in their own fat, after being 

 cooked 



Taka kai, matting used for covering 

 the food in the hangi, or oven, 

 to keep it clean from the earth 

 and ashes 



Pareuga-renga, sandals made of fiax, 

 or of ti-tree leaves (not used in 

 the Northern Island) ... 



Pieces of nets ; the fioatcr of pumice 

 stone attached to one of them, ia 

 called poito ... 



Pawa shells, in which the holes at the 

 exterior border are filled with 

 fiax, used as a vessel for keeping 

 oil ... 



Fishhooks, Matao, for catching ha- 

 puku, made of kaikai-atua, Ixhab- 

 dothaninue eolandri 



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