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a remnant of the good old times of the Maoris. The annexed 
wood-cut is intended to illustrate some carvings on the door-posts. 
One figure had fallen off the roof, and lay on the ground in dust 
and dirt. I wished to purchase it from the chief of the place; he, 
however, was much astonished on hearing my demand, and in- 
formed me, that the figure in question represented his grand-father, 
and that it was utterly impossible for him to sell his grand-father 
to a Pakeha. 
The fertile low-lands about Tokanu are already to be consi- 
dered as a part of the extensive delta of the Waikato river, which 
hero, at the South-East side, flows into the lake. The river in its 
delta is divided into four branches; the natives, however, very 
strangely do not call it Waikato, but Tongariro, like the village 
situated on its hank not far from the mouth. It is formed by 
two rivers uniting at the foot of the Pihanga, the one coming 
from the South bearing the name of Waikato, the sources of which 
are at the Tongariro and Ruapaliu; the other, rising in the Kai- 
