TE IKA A MAUI; 
OR, 
NEW ZEALAND AND ITS INHABITANTS. 
MAORIES PREPARING A CANOE FOR SEA. 
CHAPTER I. 
INTRODUCTION. 
Civilized man is too apt to look down upon tlie more 
unenlightened portion of his race as belonging to an inferior 
order of beings ; ignorance or interest has given rise to many 
calumnies against the aboriginal inhabitants of remote lands , 
especially if differing from us in color. 
To entertain better and more correct feelings towards 
those commonly regarded as savages, a fuller acquaint- 
ance with them is necessary, and according to the degree 
