340 



Essays. 



III. Philoiogical. 



40. The New Zealand a dialect o£ the Polj- 



nesian language. 



41. Its grammar. 



42. Beauties. 



43. Arbitrary change of -vrords. 



44. Proverbs and sayings ; fables. 



45. Poetry. 



46. Traditions ; legends ; myths. 



47. Oratory. 



48. Of Europeans speaking it. 



49. Its extent and connections. 



50. 



59. 

 60. 

 61. 

 62. 



65. 



IV. Pal^ontological. 



Origin of the New Zealanders. 



(1.) Are the present New Zealanders 



autochthones ? 

 (2.) Were there autochthones ? 

 (3.) Did the immigrants come from 



nearest land ? 

 (4.) Whence came they ? 

 (i.) Probable, 

 (ii.) Mythical (Sandwich Islands) 



considered, 

 (iii.) Ditto (Samoau Islands) 



considered, 

 (iv.) If either, still unsatisfac- 

 tory. _ 

 (v.) Hawaiki probably allegori- 

 cal. 



51. Antiquity of New Zealanders in New 



Zealand, proved — 



(1.) By tradition. 



(2.) By archaeology. 



(3.) By history. 



(4.) By habits, customs, manufactures, 



&e. 

 (5.) By language. 

 (6.) By reUgion. 

 (7.) And possibly by the moa {Dinor- 



nis). 

 (8.) Conclusion. 



52. Of the first mythical immigrants and 



theh' doings. 



53. The question repeated : — Whence came 



they? 



(1 to 27.) Thoughts and Excogita- 

 tions. 



V. MODEEir. 

 54. Comprising a century ; changes caused by the introduction of four animals. 



1. Foreign or External. 



From A.D. 1769 to 1794 (Cook to 



Grovernor King). 

 From A.D. 1794 to 1814- (Grovernor Xing 



to first settlers). 



57. From A.D. 1814 to 1840 (first settlers 



to Treaty of Waitangi) . 



58. From a.d. 1840 to 1865 (Treaty of 



Waitangi to present year) . 



From 1769 to 1800. 

 From 1800 to 1840. 

 From 1840 to 1865. 

 Their numbers ; past ; present. 



2. Domestic or Internal. 



63. Their decrease and its causes. 



64. Dechne of power and influence 



reflec- 



tions. 



VI. FUTTJEE. 



Fears and hopes. 



(1.) Needful and preparatory. 



(2.) Real and active measures. 

 66. Conclusion. 



Table of native population. North Island of New Zealand, with names of tribes 



and boundaries. 



Much lias been said of late about the IN'ew Zealanders ; from the palace to 

 tlie cottage, from the senate of Grreat 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 

 been undertaken by the writer. 



