TE IKA A MAUI, 
OR 
NEW ZEALAND AND ITS INHABITANTS. 
THE OLD PRIEST OF WAIKOWAU, WEST COAST. 
CHAPTER I. 
INTRODUCTION. 
Civilized man is too apt to look down upon the more unen¬ 
lightened portion of his race as belonging to an inferior order 
of beings; ignorance or interest have given rise to many 
calumnies against the aboriginal inhabitants of remote lands, 
especially against those who differ from us in color. It be¬ 
comes a sufficient plea with those who regard themselves of 
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