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TE IKA A IAUI; 
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ZEALAND AND ITS INHABITANTS. 
ILLUSTRATING THE 
ORIGIN, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, MYTHOLOGY, RELIGION, RITES, 
SONGS, PROVERBS, FABLES, AND LANGUAGE OF THE MAORI 
AND POLYNESIAN RACES IN GENERAL ; 
TOGETHER WITH THE 
GEOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY, PRODUCTIONS, AND CLIMATE 
OF THE COUNTRY. 
Second Edition. 
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SOUK 
UIQ £ 
LIBRA 
REV. RICHARD TAYLOR, M.A., F.G.S., 
A Missionary in New Zealand for more than Thirty Years. 
LONDON : 
WILLIAM MACINTOSH, 24, PATERNOSTER ROW ; 
v AND 
H. IRESON JONES, WANGANUI, NEW ZEALAND. 
MDCCCLXX. 
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