ATKNE AND ITS TOMBS. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
SINGULAR RITES, AND CUSTOMS RELATING TO THE DEAD. 
(continued.) 
The New Zealanders had various ways of interring their dead 
which have been already alluded to ; near the sea side it is a 
favorite way to bury them in sand drifts : scooping out a 
small space, and keeping the dry sand from falling down by 
a board, until the corpse is placed in it, then by withdrawing 
the board to allow the sand to fall down and cover it, leaving 
no traces of its locality. It is now customary to erect very 
pretty and fanciful buildings, ornamenting them with red 
ochre and feathers, in which they place the beloved object. 
