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in some places, and I believe tliat tlie two dogs shot near Mataura 

 (mentioned by Dr. Hector) were of this description. 



So long back as 1814-15, Mr. Nicholas, who visited New Zealand in 

 company with the Eev. S. Marsden, made a similar error. He says : — " On 

 our return from the place where we cut down the spars, we met one of the 

 native dogs running about in a wild state. It was considerably larger than 

 any of the dogs that we had seen domesticated among them, and bore a 

 strong resemblance to the shepherd's dog so well known in England. The 

 moment it came in sight of us it set up a terrific howling, and never ceased 

 the same baleful discord till we had left the place. There are numbers of 

 dogs running wild in this manner through the different parts of the island, 

 but I could not discover that they ever offered any injury to the inhabitants, 

 who prize them very highly, as well for the sake of then- flesh, which serves 

 them for a delicious article of food, as for their hide and bones, which they 

 convert to a variety of purposes, in the way of ornamental devices."* 

 Both Mr. Marsden and Mr. Nicholas, who spent some months together in 

 New Zealand, and travelled too, pretty much — from Hokianga to the 

 Thames — seemed never to have seen a single New Zealand dog of " the 

 jDrimitive breed." 



Captain Cook does not give many particulars concerning the South Sea 

 dog in his voyages, although he had frequent ojjportunities of both seeing 

 and eating it ! Fortunately, however, he was during his first two voyages 

 round the world accompanied by scientific men, who have left on record 

 many interesting remarks respecting this animal. On his first voyage. 

 Cook was accompanied by Sk Joseph Banks, Dr. Solander (a Swedish 

 naturalist),- and a talented young artist named Sydney Parkinson ; this 

 last-named gentleman has given us several particulars in his separately- 

 pubhshed journal of that first voyage. On his second voyage. Cook was 

 accompanied by two eminent German naturalists, father and son (J. E. and 

 G-. Forster), and by Dr. Sparrman, another celebrated scientific Swede. 

 And the two German gentlemen have also recordedmuch about our New Zea- 

 land dog, which they published ni their large and separate works about their 

 voyage. f On his third voyage Cook had with him Mr. Anderson, who was 

 the surgeon on board of his shix?, and who also acted as naturalist. From 

 these independent accounts, written by persons who had ample opportuni- 

 ties of seeing and knowing all about our New Zealand dog, and who also 

 understood what they were writing, I x^urpose making coxdIous extracts, to 



* Nicliolas' " Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand," vol. II., p. 126. 

 t "Voyage round the "World," by G. Forster, 2 vols., 4to; "Observations made 

 during a Voyage round the World," by J. E. Forster, 4to. 



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