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  Tvanmctiuns. 
  — 
  MisceUaneoiis, 
  

  

  tail) 
  is 
  probably 
  intended 
  in 
  figs. 
  5 
  and 
  12, 
  though 
  the 
  execution 
  is 
  very 
  

   degenerate. 
  (The 
  same 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  symbols), 
  The 
  very 
  

   remarkable 
  figure 
  23 
  probably 
  represents 
  the 
  early 
  Phoenician 
  and 
  Hindoo 
  

   Fish-god. 
  I 
  have 
  certainly 
  seen 
  it 
  before 
  somewhere 
  in 
  India. 
  This 
  

   establishes 
  the 
  early 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  drawings, 
  the 
  race 
  of 
  workmen, 
  and 
  the 
  

   sacred 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  drawings. 
  (See 
  also 
  the 
  philological 
  notes 
  lower 
  

   down.) 
  You 
  will 
  perceive 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  noticed 
  the 
  theory 
  of 
  figs. 
  2, 
  6, 
  

   13, 
  21, 
  21a, 
  representing 
  any 
  oriental 
  characters, 
  ancient 
  or 
  modern, 
  for 
  

   this 
  reason 
  : 
  that 
  amid 
  the 
  numerous 
  and 
  complicated 
  alphabetical 
  forms 
  

   of 
  various 
  Eastern 
  languages 
  some 
  resemblance 
  is 
  sure 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  In 
  

   this 
  view 
  I 
  might 
  recognise 
  fig. 
  2 
  as 
  Arabic, 
  figs. 
  13 
  and 
  21 
  as 
  Sanscrit, 
  

   and 
  fig. 
  24 
  actually 
  as 
  the 
  Hebrew 
  ahph. 
  Fig. 
  2, 
  to 
  me, 
  is 
  conclusively 
  a 
  

   Buddhist 
  symbol. 
  Fortunately, 
  however, 
  your 
  communication 
  encloses 
  

   several 
  notes 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Stack, 
  and 
  I 
  find 
  there 
  abundant 
  philological 
  

   proof 
  that 
  New 
  Zealand 
  had 
  early 
  intercourse 
  with 
  India. 
  

  

  " 
  Te 
  kahui 
  tipiia 
  — 
  the 
  definite 
  particle 
  (Greek 
  to, 
  English 
  the, 
  Malay 
  itu, 
  

   etc., 
  etc.), 
  limiting, 
  indicating 
  ; 
  kahui 
  tipua, 
  the 
  deceitful, 
  wicked 
  dog-race 
  

   (Malay 
  tvpu, 
  deceitful, 
  and 
  kuh, 
  the 
  dog-race), 
  remnants 
  of 
  whom 
  are 
  still 
  

   to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  north-Avest 
  of 
  Burmah. 
  Of 
  course 
  I 
  may 
  be 
  mistaken 
  in 
  

   this 
  interpretation, 
  and 
  I 
  should 
  wish 
  to 
  know 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  adjective. 
  

  

  " 
  Again 
  : 
  Nyapuhi 
  — 
  m/a 
  piihi, 
  the 
  serpent-race. 
  This 
  race 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  parts 
  of 
  India, 
  and 
  plays 
  an 
  important 
  part 
  in 
  early 
  Indian 
  history. 
  

   My 
  Hindoo 
  mythology 
  is 
  rather 
  dull 
  at 
  present, 
  but, 
  if 
  remembrance 
  serves 
  

   me, 
  I 
  believe 
  the 
  Aryan 
  race 
  had 
  a 
  long 
  and 
  desperate 
  contest 
  with 
  the 
  

   earlier 
  serpent-race, 
  and, 
  succeeding, 
  drove 
  these 
  last 
  into 
  hills 
  and 
  moun- 
  

   tains, 
  and 
  beyond 
  the 
  ■ 
  seas. 
  Sanscrit 
  noga, 
  great 
  serpent; 
  and 
  j9w/t, 
  race, 
  

   descendants. 
  

  

  "I 
  may 
  be 
  tempted 
  on 
  to 
  great 
  length 
  with 
  these 
  and 
  other 
  words 
  

   furnished 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Stack's 
  letters, 
  and 
  therefore 
  shall 
  conclude 
  here, 
  only 
  

   adding 
  that 
  should 
  any 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  observations 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  require 
  

   further 
  explanations 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  happy 
  to 
  give 
  them 
  to 
  you. 
  — 
  I 
  remain, 
  &c., 
  

  

  "A. 
  Mackenzie 
  Camebon." 
  

  

  " 
  P.S. 
  — 
  With 
  reference 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  your 
  own 
  remarks, 
  made 
  in 
  your 
  last 
  

   annual 
  speech, 
  I 
  should 
  state 
  that 
  figure 
  15 
  resembles 
  an 
  Indian 
  bow 
  and 
  

   arrow; 
  figure 
  18, 
  a 
  war 
  conch; 
  and 
  figure 
  14, 
  a 
  broad-brimmed 
  hat, 
  nearly 
  

   similar 
  in 
  shape 
  to 
  those 
  used 
  in 
  Malayan 
  countries. 
  Notwithstanding 
  all 
  

   these 
  resemblances, 
  I 
  still 
  adhere 
  to 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  they 
  represent 
  Buddhist 
  

   symbols. 
  The 
  P.S. 
  of 
  your 
  own 
  speech 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  dash 
  my 
  theory 
  to 
  

   the 
  ground, 
  but 
  what 
  is 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  your 
  own 
  words, 
  ' 
  they 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  

   more 
  primitive 
  nature 
  '? 
  and 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Stack's 
  assigning 
  them 
  to 
  ' 
  the 
  oldest 
  

   inhabitants 
  of 
  this 
  island 
  — 
  someivhat 
  mythical 
  people 
  — 
  of 
  whom 
  there 
  are 
  any 
  

  

  