826 General Notes. [ October, 
The papers will be noticed under the title of their authors for the 
convenience of the bibliography : 
Colenso, W.—On the Vegetable Food of the ancient New Zealanders before Cook’s 
visit, pp. 3-38. 
Historical Incidents and Traditions of the olden times translated from old 
Maori writings and recitals, 38-57. : 
Contributions to a better knowledge of the Maori race, pp. 57-84. 
Kirk, T. W.—Description of Maori comb and arrow-heads, 436. 
Hocken, Dr.—Lectures on the early history of New Zealand, 452. 
ZUNI AND THE ZUNIANS.—A very handsome quarto pamphlet 
of thirty pages, with the foregoing title, bearing the name of Mrs. 
Tilly E. Stevenson, has come into our hands. Although there ts 
no title page, one is not long in ascertaining that Mrs. S. is the 
accomplished wife of Col. James Stevenson, the explorer, of 
Major Powell’s Bureau. The lady accompanied her husband to 
the Pueblo country in 1879, and gives us, in the work before us, 
the benefit of her own observations, some of which are entirely 
with the upper stories. The grinding of meal and the baking of 
bread are better described than we remember to have read else 
where. 
The most important part of the pamphlet and that which ts ef 
lasting value, is the description of pottery making. We did no 
know before that lignite is used as a degraissant, that eek 
ware is made of strings of clay, while other varieties are built up 
by means of ribbon-like strips, that a surface wash is ma Fe 
rubbing down sticks of dried white clay on a fine stone, t << 
brushes made from the Spanish bayonet are used in the se 
tion, that the baking is done with sheep and goats’ dung; ae 
finally, that the beautiful black gloss is imparted to some VESsE d 
by rubbing them down with the utmost care before baking, a 
by suffocating them with a fresh supply of dried dung Ie he: 
they are done baking, in order to compel them to suck in ee 
smoke as they cool. Really this last mentioned fact, to be 
familiar phrase, is worth the price of the book. A feast of Joe 
things must be in store in the voluminous report which Col. 
venson is preparing in reference to his collections. ; 
Tue Inprans or Canapa.—Professor J. Campbell, of pect 
read a paper before the Literary and Historical Society 0? od in 
_bec, December 17, 1880, which has since been publish task 
pamphlet form. The object of the lecture was no less. 3). 
