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wives, who were generally employed weaving mats, whilst he 
sat at one end silently regarding their labors. Many of these 
garments were most elaborated, ornamented with embroidery, 
and were really beautiful. A passing compliment may here 
be paid to the good taste the ladies displayed in their way of 
wearing them, and their various fashions of dressing the hair, 
some of which, it appears, our English ladies have conde- 
scended to copy. 
MAORI WAYS OF DRESSING THE HAIR. 
Iwikau, the fighting chief of Taupo, a younger brother of 
Te Heuheu, accompanied his taua, or war party, against 
Wanganui in 1843, and crossed over to the Putiki side 
to plunder the potatoe grounds ; the natives came to inform 
me of the circumstance, and asked whether as Christians 
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