INDEX. 
Method of preserving the heads of enemies 
. 132, 
133 
Minerals, notice of .... 
. 
79 
Miro-tree, description of . 
. 45, 46 
Mission houses, notice of ... 
. 
197 
Missionaries, pacific intervention of . 
• . . 
117 
Mount Edgecombe, description of . 
. 
4 
Muscle, gigantic 
. 
71 
Musquitoes ...... 
72 
Naonao, obituary of . 
. 289- 
-291 
Native weapons, description of 
. 126, 
127 
New Zealand, 1 — discovery of, by Tasman, 2*- 
-afterwards 
count of its origin 
. 142, 143 
Nga-ti-maru ...... 
Nga-ti-wanaunga .... 
. 205 
Nga-ti-paua ...... 
Nga-ti-tamatera ..... 
, 205 
Ngeri garment, description of 
. 158 
Ngai-te-waki, tribe of ... 
. 172 
Ngapuhi tribe, mention of . . . 
. 184 
Ngirungiru bird, description of . 
. 56 
North Cape ...... 
1 
Obituaries of natives .... 
. 281—304 
Omens, account of . 
. 90 
Oracle, consultation of . . 
91, 92 
Ornaments of natives, description of 
. 151, 152 
Oruru Bay . ..... 
. 202 
Otaua, river of . . ... 
9 
Otuihi, Station of ... . 
. 181 
Otuhere ....... 
. 234 
Pa, nature of . . • • • 
. 15, 122 
Pacification of warlike tribes near Paihia 
. 184, 185 
Paetai Bay .... 
. 222 
Pahau, marriage of to Rea 
. 236 
Paihia, 118 — report of Settlement at . 
. . 176—187 
Pakanai ....... 
14 
Palm-tree, description of . . . 
. 17 
Papakauri, fall of . . . . 
. 13 
