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  Tninsactions, 
  — 
  Miscellaneous, 
  

  

  And 
  this 
  is 
  what 
  he 
  says 
  respecting 
  the 
  New 
  Zealanders, 
  after 
  having 
  

   been 
  some 
  time 
  among 
  them 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  perpetual 
  hostiHty 
  in 
  which 
  these 
  

   poor 
  savages 
  Hve 
  has 
  necessarily 
  caused 
  them 
  to 
  make 
  every 
  village 
  a 
  fort. 
  

   * 
  -x- 
  =;= 
  These 
  people 
  have 
  neither 
  sling 
  nor 
  bow. 
  They 
  throw 
  the 
  dart 
  

   by 
  hand, 
  and 
  so 
  they 
  do 
  stones 
  ; 
  but 
  darts 
  and 
  stones 
  are 
  seldom 
  used 
  

   except 
  in 
  defending 
  their 
  forts. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  But 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  strange 
  that 
  the 
  

   same 
  invention 
  and 
  diligence 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  

   places 
  so 
  admirably 
  adapted 
  to 
  defence, 
  almost 
  without 
  tools, 
  should 
  not, 
  

   when 
  urged 
  by 
  the 
  same 
  necessity, 
  have 
  furnished 
  them 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  missile 
  

   weapon, 
  except 
  the 
  lance, 
  which 
  is 
  thrown 
  by 
  hand 
  ; 
  they 
  have 
  no 
  con- 
  

   trivance 
  like 
  a 
  bow 
  to 
  discharge 
  a 
  dart, 
  nor 
  anything 
  like 
  a 
  shng 
  to 
  assist 
  

   them 
  in 
  throwing 
  a 
  stone, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  more 
  surprising, 
  as 
  the 
  invention 
  of 
  

   slings, 
  and 
  bows 
  and 
  arrows, 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  obvious 
  than 
  of 
  the 
  works 
  

   which 
  these 
  people 
  construct, 
  and 
  both 
  these 
  weapons 
  are 
  found 
  among 
  

   much 
  ruder 
  nations, 
  and 
  in 
  almost 
  every 
  other 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  The 
  

   points 
  of 
  their 
  long 
  lances 
  are 
  barbed, 
  and 
  they 
  handle 
  them 
  with 
  such 
  

   ; 
  trength 
  and 
  agility 
  that 
  we 
  can 
  match 
  them 
  with 
  no 
  weapon 
  but 
  a 
  loaded 
  

   miisquet.'"'' 
  

  

  Sydney 
  Parkinson 
  has 
  an 
  excellent 
  remark 
  on 
  this 
  subject 
  (excellent 
  in 
  

   more 
  ways 
  than 
  one), 
  which 
  I 
  also 
  quote, 
  in 
  the 
  hope 
  that 
  future 
  writers 
  on 
  

   " 
  the 
  whence 
  of 
  the 
  Maori," 
  will 
  take 
  a 
  note 
  of 
  it. 
  He 
  says 
  — 
  " 
  Something 
  

   has 
  already 
  been 
  mentioned 
  respecting 
  the 
  language 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Zealanders,' 
  

   and 
  of 
  its 
  affinity 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  Tahiti, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  

   extraordinary 
  circumstance, 
  and 
  leads 
  us 
  to 
  conclude 
  that 
  one 
  place 
  was 
  

   originally 
  peopled 
  from 
  the 
  other, 
  though 
  they 
  are 
  at 
  near 
  2000 
  miles 
  

   distance. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  The 
  migration 
  was 
  probably 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand 
  to 
  

   Tahiti, 
  as 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand 
  were 
  totally 
  unacquainted 
  with 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  bows 
  and 
  arrows 
  till 
  we 
  first 
  taught 
  them, 
  whereas 
  the 
  people 
  

   of 
  Tahiti 
  use 
  them 
  with 
  great 
  dexterity, 
  having, 
  doubtless, 
  discovered 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  them 
  by 
  some 
  accident 
  after 
  their 
  separation 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  cannot 
  be 
  sup- 
  

   posed 
  that 
  the 
  New 
  Zealanders 
  would 
  have 
  lost 
  so 
  beneficial 
  an 
  acquisition 
  

   if 
  they 
  had 
  ever 
  been 
  acquainted 
  with 
  it."f 
  

  

  It 
  must 
  not 
  be 
  overlooked 
  that 
  two 
  Tahitians 
  (Tupaea 
  and 
  his 
  son 
  

   Taiota) 
  were 
  with 
  them 
  on 
  this 
  occasion. 
  Tupaea 
  not 
  only 
  aided 
  the 
  

   English 
  considerably 
  as 
  interpreter, 
  but 
  was 
  often 
  facile 
  princeps 
  during 
  the 
  

   whole 
  of 
  their 
  long 
  stay 
  among 
  the 
  New 
  Zealanders. 
  So, 
  again, 
  on 
  Cook's 
  

   second 
  voyage 
  from 
  Tahiti 
  to 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  he 
  had 
  on 
  board 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  

   Porapora 
  (one 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  Isles), 
  named 
  Mahine, 
  who 
  came 
  on 
  with 
  him 
  

   to 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

  

  * 
  Cook's 
  Voyages, 
  Vol. 
  II. 
  p. 
  345 
  ; 
  III. 
  466. 
  

   t 
  Parlduson's 
  Journal, 
  p. 
  75. 
  

  

  