Natives of New ZealandJ. Murray, 1843 Dieffenbach's extended account of his New Zealand visit. Vol. I outlines his journeys in the North Island with two chapters on the Maoris and whalers of the Sounds. More important expeditions were to the Hutt River headways, his ascent of Egmont, his walk to Mokau and journey through Waikato to Taupo and Rotoaira returning by Rotorua and Tauranga in company with W.C. Symonds and (for part only) A.D. Best. His visits to many parts of Northland in company with a Capt. Bernard on the latter's vessel are outlined ... The second volume has an extended treatment of the Maoris, their culture, traditions and a lengthy section on the language with grammar, vocabulary and examples. Dieffenbach has a short chapter on the flora and over 120 pages on the fauna by J.E. Gray of the BM. Cf. Bagnall. |
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Página 8 - The colour of the New Zealanders is a light clear brown, varying very much in shade ; sometimes it is even lighter than that of a native of the south of France : the nose is straight and well shaped, often aquiline, the mouth generally large, and the lips in many cases more developed than those of Europeans ; the eyes are dark and full of vivacity and expression ; the hair is generally black, and lank or slightly curled ; the teeth are white, even, and regular, and last to old age: the feet and hands...
Página 183 - Pakea (strange rat). On the former they fed very largely in former times ; but it has now become so scarce, owing to the extermination carried on against it by the European rat, that I could never obtain one.
Página 114 - Zealand has its proprietor. Sometimes land is given to a strange tribe, either as pay, or from other considerations ; but the proprietor reserves certain rights, some of which are what we should term manorial. It was formerly very common that the fat of the native rats (kiore) killed on such lands should be given to the principal proprietor, and in many cases a title to land seems to have been derived from the fact of having killed rats on it...
Página 125 - If blood has been shed, a party sally forth and kill the first person they fall in with, whether an enemy or belonging to their own tribe ; even a brother is sacrificed. If they do not fall in with anybody, the tohunga (that is, the priest) pulls up some grass, throws it into a river, and repeats some incantation. After this ceremony, the killing of a bird, or any living thing that comes in their way, is regarded as sufficient, provided that blood is actually shed. All who participate in such an...
Página 288 - The most mischievous animals here, are the small black sand flies, which are very numerous, and so troublesome, that they exceed everything of the kind I ever met with; wherever they bite they cause a swelling, and such an intolerable itching, that it is not possible to refrain from scratching, which at last brings on ulcers like the smallpox. The almost continual rains may be reckoned another evil attending this bay; though, perhaps, this may only happen at this season of the year. Nevertheless,...
Página 104 - Puai, the head chief of the Waikato, I saw a bust, made by himself, with all the serpentine lines of the moko, or tattooing. I asked him to give it to me ; but it was only after much pressing that he parted with it. I had to go to his house to fetch it myself, as none of his tribe could legally touch it ; and he licked it all over before he gave it to me, whether to take the "«tapu" off", or to make it still more strictly sacred, I do not know.
Página 85 - Germaniam peteret informem terris asperam caelo tristem cultu aspectuque, nisi si patria sit. celebrant carminibus antiquis, quod unum apud illos memoriae et annalium genus est, Tuistonem deum terra editum et filium Mannum originem gentis conditoremque.
Página 117 - Dieffenbach was once fortunate enough to witness a portion of this instruction. " I was present at one of the lessons. An old priest was sitting under a tree, and at his feet was a boy, his relative...
Página 32 - In the game of maui they are great proficients. This is a game like that called cat's cradle in Europe, and consists of very complicated and perplexing puzzles with a cord tied together at the ends. It seems to be intimately connected with their ancient traditions, and, in the different figures which the cord is made to assume whilst held on both hands, the outlines of their different varieties of houses, canoes, or figures of men and women are imagined to be represented.
Página 122 - The kumara are planted in regular rows, and the caterpillars of a sphinx which feed in great numbers upon the leaves, are at all times carefully removed. In neatness such a field rivals any in Europe. Every family has its own field, and the produce is its private property." In his essay on the Maori race published in Vol. 1 of the Transactions of the NZ Institute, Mr. Colenso writes as follows on cultivated products: — "A large portion of their time and attention was necessarily given to their...