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jackson’s story. 
succeeded in climbing one of the trees, from which he took a 
nut. He had just managed to scratch a hole in it with his 
fingers, when he was perceived, and dragged back again. 
In the morning he was escorted back to the coast, and then 
there was a fight about him, some appearing to wish him to be 
given up, others opposing. Several lives were lost, but a boat 
came off, and he was rescued. 
It was customary in some parts of New Zealand to place a 
raw taro in the hand of a corpse before they uttered an incan¬ 
tation. This was called he wakaeke, to enable the spirit to 
ascend to heaven. 
A MEMORIAL IDOL. 
