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7. MamaJcu, \ Good kinds, usually eaten at the hahimga — ex- 



8. Haukopa. J liuming and scraping the bones of a chief. 



9. Tokotokohau, a large kind used at feasts. 



*10. Kinakina, used by workmen when working together in large 

 bodies. 

 2. The varieties formerly grown here at Hawke's Bay and on the East 

 Coast, south of the East Cape, not included in the above 

 list :— 



11. Paeangaanga. 



12. Kohuorangi. 



13. Patai. 



14. Matatiti. 



15. Takatakaapo. 



16. Tautaumahei. 



17. Koareare, a white-fleshed sort. 



18. Kakatarahaere, a dark-fleshed sort. 



19. Upokotiketike. 



Also Nos. 1, 2, 5, and 10, marked with a star. 



Besides those they had here two others, which I have never seen ; 

 they were pecuhar (if they really were taros, which, from theu' names, I 

 doubt). 



20. Uhikoko (" /le taro noa, otira hepai ano'' — a common taro of the 



usual kind, but a very good one). 



2 1 . Uhiraurenga . 



Of this last it is said, " he taro tajni tenei, he atua, ichanatu raiva te ringa 

 ki te hopu kia taona hei kai, rere atu «««." = This was a sacred taro (or one 

 used only for tabooed purposes) ; it was a demon (or something extra- 

 ordinary), when the hand of the taker was stretched forth to lay hold of it, 

 that it might be baked for food, lo ! it suddenly removed away. 



Several of those taros I have both seen azid eaten. 



Appendix D. 



The best kinds of aruhe, or fern-root, at the north were known by the 

 general names of maahunga = m.esi\j, and inotiihanga =lorittle, easily snap- 

 ping. Here, however, on the East Coast, the best kinds were called kaitaa = 

 gentlemen's food, and rew^ra = mealy . 



The motuhanga was really a splendid sort. I have seen it, a fine-looking 

 black-skinned smooth root, eight to ten lines in diameter, mtli scarcely any 

 woody fibres, and these were small, like a very fine rush, lustrous, hollow, 

 and white. It would snap readily, like good biscuit, before being prepared 

 or beaten, 



