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  Transactions. 
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  Miscellaneous. 
  

  

  wliich 
  brought 
  from 
  Hawaiki 
  to 
  this 
  country 
  the 
  progenitors 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  

   race 
  of 
  Maoris 
  are 
  famihar 
  to 
  most 
  of 
  us 
  ; 
  one 
  only 
  of 
  these 
  — 
  the 
  Tainui 
  — 
  

   is 
  always 
  mentioned 
  as 
  being 
  double 
  ; 
  and 
  as 
  some 
  ships 
  of 
  our 
  navy 
  have 
  

   been 
  immortalized 
  by 
  the 
  prowess 
  of 
  their 
  crews 
  in 
  celebrated 
  engagements, 
  

   so 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  Maori 
  ivaiatas 
  or 
  songs 
  are 
  in 
  honour 
  of 
  their 
  ships 
  — 
  most 
  

   often 
  in 
  praise 
  of 
  then- 
  celerity, 
  by 
  dint 
  of 
  which 
  some 
  enemies' 
  pa 
  had 
  

   been 
  surprised, 
  or 
  their 
  women 
  and 
  children 
  carried 
  away 
  into 
  captivity. 
  

  

  Canoes 
  may 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  four 
  classes 
  — 
  Waka-taua 
  or 
  waka-jntau, 
  war 
  

   canoes, 
  fully 
  carved 
  ; 
  the 
  waka-tetee, 
  which, 
  generally 
  smaller, 
  had 
  a 
  plain 
  

   figure-head 
  and 
  stern 
  ; 
  icaka-tiwai, 
  an 
  ordinary 
  canoe 
  of 
  one 
  piece, 
  and 
  the 
  

   kopapa 
  or 
  small 
  canoe 
  usually 
  used 
  for 
  fishing, 
  travelling 
  to 
  cultivations, 
  etc. 
  

  

  The 
  Toki-a-tipiri 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  waka-jntau, 
  which 
  differed 
  from 
  the 
  

   waka-taua 
  in 
  having 
  an 
  untatooed 
  figure-head 
  with 
  a 
  protruding 
  tongue, 
  

   and 
  being 
  less 
  elevated 
  forward. 
  

  

  Canoes, 
  being 
  of 
  vital 
  importance, 
  whether 
  for 
  war, 
  or 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  

   procuring 
  food, 
  a 
  superstitious 
  race 
  naturally 
  attributed 
  to 
  the 
  tree 
  set 
  

   apart 
  for 
  the 
  Jii 
  id 
  or 
  hull 
  of 
  the 
  canoe 
  some 
  power 
  over 
  its 
  future 
  fortune 
  ; 
  

   not 
  o]ily 
  was 
  a 
  particular 
  site 
  or 
  aspect 
  in 
  its 
  growth 
  deemed 
  lucky, 
  but 
  it 
  

   was 
  supposed 
  that 
  incantations 
  by 
  a 
  tohunga 
  or 
  wizard 
  bestowed 
  upon 
  the 
  

   living 
  tree 
  would 
  increase 
  the 
  virtue 
  of 
  the 
  wood 
  when 
  used. 
  

  

  Special 
  trees 
  were 
  sometimes 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  war 
  between 
  two 
  tribes, 
  were 
  

   set 
  apart, 
  or 
  made 
  tapu, 
  by 
  a 
  father 
  for 
  an 
  infant 
  son, 
  remained 
  even 
  as 
  an 
  

   heir-loom 
  for 
  the 
  grandson, 
  and 
  occasionally, 
  in 
  early 
  land 
  sales, 
  were 
  

   specially 
  reserved. 
  

  

  Totara 
  was 
  the 
  ti-ee 
  chiefly 
  prized, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  durability. 
  Kauri 
  

   was 
  next 
  in 
  estimation, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  was 
  easier 
  to 
  procure 
  of 
  large 
  size, 
  

   I 
  have 
  seen 
  a 
  ivaka-tiwai 
  — 
  that 
  is, 
  a 
  canoe 
  entirely 
  of 
  one 
  piece, 
  carry, 
  

   beyond 
  its 
  crew, 
  three-and-a-half 
  tons 
  of 
  potatoes 
  in 
  a 
  seaway. 
  Eahikatea 
  

   was 
  sometimes 
  used 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  light 
  but 
  not 
  lasting, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  known 
  rvtiu 
  

   canoes, 
  but 
  these 
  are 
  too 
  heavy 
  to 
  be 
  popular. 
  

  

  When 
  a 
  tree 
  had 
  been 
  selected 
  either 
  by 
  an 
  individual 
  rangatira 
  or 
  by 
  a 
  

   hapu 
  who 
  had 
  determined 
  to 
  build 
  a 
  war-canoe, 
  it 
  was 
  first 
  necessary 
  that 
  a 
  

   sufiicient 
  stock 
  of 
  food 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  workmen 
  employed 
  upon 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  

   available 
  ; 
  if 
  the 
  tree 
  grew 
  in 
  a 
  place 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  pa, 
  a 
  special 
  cultiva- 
  

   tion 
  as 
  near 
  as 
  possible 
  to 
  the 
  locus 
  operandi 
  might 
  be 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  purpose, 
  

   otherwise 
  a 
  particular 
  patch 
  of 
  kumera, 
  or 
  other 
  esculent, 
  was 
  planted 
  and 
  

   set 
  aside 
  ; 
  then 
  the 
  future 
  canoe 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  draughted 
  ; 
  certain 
  naval 
  archi- 
  

   tects 
  were 
  the 
  Symonds 
  or 
  Eeeds 
  of 
  their 
  day, 
  and 
  were 
  occasionally 
  fetched 
  

   from 
  far 
  to 
  design 
  a 
  craft 
  which 
  was 
  required 
  to 
  possess 
  extra 
  speed; 
  many 
  

   a 
  deliberation 
  of 
  the 
  Kaumatuas 
  or 
  elders 
  took 
  place 
  over 
  the 
  prepared 
  

   model, 
  ere 
  the 
  shape 
  was 
  fiaially 
  settled* 
  

  

  