“ E tan g a - ro ah , o r E - ta -h o n -g a , a p r ie ft, w h o fe a u th o r ity in m an y
“ cafes is equa l, and in fom e fu p e r io r to th e etiketica.
“ Etan g a -ted a E p o -d i, a fubord ina te c h ie f o r gentleman.
“ T a -h a -n e Em o -k i, a la b o u r in g man.
R e fp e c t in g the cu ftoms and m anners o f th e fe p e o p le , th e g o v e rn o r
fa v o u red th e w r ite r w i th th e fo llo w in g particulars :
“ T h e N ew Z ea lan d e rs in te r th e ir d e a d ; th e y alfo be lie v e th a t th e
“ th ird d a y after th e in te rm en t th e h e a r t feparates it fe lf from th e co rp fe ;
“ and th a t th is reparation is an n ou n ced b y a g en tle b re e z e o f w in d ,
“ w h ic h g iv e s w a rn in g o f its ap p roa ch to an in fe r io r E a - to o a (o r d i-
“ n ity ) th a t h o v e r s o v e r th e g r a v e , and w h o carries it to the clouds.
“ In h is ch a r t T o o -g e e has m ark ed an im a g in a r y ro ad w h ic h go e s
“ th e le n g thw a y s o f E a -h e i-n o -m au e , v iz . from C o o k ’ s Strait to th e
“ N o r th C a p é , w h ic h T o o -g e e calls T e r r y - in g a . W h ile th e foul is
“ re c e iv ed b y th e g o o d E a - to o a , an e v il fp ir it is alfo in readinefs to
“ c a r r y th e im p u r e p a r t 'o f th e co rp fe to th e ab ov e ro ad , a lon g w h ic h
“ it is ca rried to T e r r y - in g a , w h en c e it is p recip itated in to the fea.'
“ S u ic id e is v e r y com m on am o n g th e N ew Z ea lan d e rs , and this
“ th e y o ften com m it b y h a n g in g th em fe lv e s on th e flighted: o c c a fio n s ;
“ th us a w om a n w h o h a s be en bea ten b y h e r h u fb an d w i ll perhaps
“ h a n g h e r fe lf im m ed ia te ly . In th is mode o f p u ttin g an end to th e ir
“ e x iften c e , bo th o u r v ifito r s feem ed to be perfedt adepts, h a v in g often
“ th rea tened to h a n g th em fe lv e s , and fometimes made v e r y ferious
“ p rom ife s o f p u ttin g it in to e x e cu t io n i f th e y w e r e n o t len t to th e ir
« o w n c o u n t r y . A s th e fe th rea ts , h ow e v e r , w e r e ufed in th e ir
“ g lo om y mom en ts , th e y w e r e fo on lau gh ed ou t o f them .
“ I t co u ld n o t be d ifcov e red th a t th e y h a v e a n y o th e r d iv ifio n o f
“ tim e th an th e re v o lu tio n o f th e m oo n , u n til th e n um b e r amounted
“ to one h u n d red , w h ic h th e y term “ T a - ie e E - to w ,” i. e. one E to w
“ o r h u n d red m o o n s ; and it is th us th e y co u n t th e ir a g e , and ealcu-
“ late all o th e r ev ents .
“ H o o -d o o and T o o - g e e b o th ag reed th a t a grea t q u a n tity o f ma-
“ n u fa d u r e d fla x m ig h t be obtained fo r trifles * , fu ch as a x e s , ehiflels,
* T h is circumftance all the people belonging to the Fancy fully confirmed; for
during the three months that veflel lay in the Thames, they replaced all their running- -
rigging by ropes made o f the flax-plant.
“ & c . ;
“ & c . ; and faid , th a t in m o ft places th e f la x g row s na tu ra lly in grea t
“ q u a n t it ie s ; in o th e r parts it is cu ltiv ated b y fep ara ting the roots ,
“ and p lan tin g th em o u t, th re e in one h o le , at th e d iftance o f a fo o t
“ from each other. T h e y g iv e a decided p re fe ren ce to th e fla x -p lan t
“ th a t g row s here, b o th fo r q u a n tity and fize .
“ I t m a y b e e x p e d e d ( fay s G o v e rn o r K in g ) th a t a fte r a f lx
“ months acqua intance b e tw e en us and th e tw o N ew Z ea lan d e rs ,
I w e Ihould n o t be ign o ran t o f each o th e r’ s lan gu a g e . M y f e l f and
“ fome o f th e officers (w h o w e r e fo k in d as to com m u n ica te th e o b-
(t fe r v a t io n s . th e y ob ta ined from o u r v iflto r s ) co u ld m ak e o u r ideas'
« k n ow n , an d to le ra b ly w e ll u n d e r fto o d b y th em . T h e y to o , b y
« in te rm ix in g w h a t E n g liffi w o rd s th e y k n ew w i th w h a t w e k n ew o f
th e ir la n g u a g e , cou ld m ak e th em fe lv e s fu ffic ien tly un d e rfto od b y us.
“ D u r in g th e tim e th e y w e r e w i th us I did no t poflefs- a n y a c cou n t
“ o f C a p ta in C o o k ’ s v o y a g e s ; b u t fince th e ir d epa rture, I find from
“ his firft v o y a g e , th a t it has grea t fim ilitu d e to th e g enera l lan gu a g e
“ fp o k en in tho fe feas. T h e v o c a b u la ry w h ip h I h a v e ap p end ed to
“ the fe memorand a w a s c o l le d e d b y m y fe l f and th e fu rg e o n , and is , I
“ b e lie v e , v e r y c o r r e d , p a r ticu la r ly th e numerals. M u c h o th e r in fo r -
“ m ation was: g iv e n us b y ou r tw o fr ien d s ; b u t as it m a y be liable to
“ grea t e rro rs , I forbear rep e a tin g it. ’
I t has been a lre ad y faid * , th a t G o v e rn o r K in g w en t h im fe lf to N ew
Z e a lan d to return H o o -d o o and T o o -g e e to th e ir c o u n t r y and friends.
T h e fo llow in g are th e g o v e rn o r ’ s remarks on h is v o y a g e th ith e r :
“ H a v in g round ed the n o r th cape o f N ew Z e a lan d on th e 12 th o f
“ N o v em b e r 1 7 9 3 , th e fo u r th d a y a fte r le a v in g N o r fo lk , w e faw a
“ n um be r o f houfes and a fmall hip p ah on an ifland w h ic h lie s o f f
“ the n o r th cap e, and called b y T o o -g e e , M o o -d e M o o - to o . S o o n
“ a fte r w e o pened a v e r y con fid e rable h ip p ah o r fo r tified p lac e ,
“ fituated on a h ig h rou n d h ill, ju f t w i th in th e cap e, w h en c e f ix
V la rg e canoes Were fe en com in g tow a rd th e ffiip. A s fo on as th e y
“ came w i th in h a il, T o o -g e e w a s k n o w n b y th o fe in th e canoes,
“ w h ic h w e r e fo on inc reafed to fe v en , w i th u pw a rd s o f tw e n ty men
“ in .each. T h e y came alon g fid e w ith o u t a n y in tr e a ty , and thole
“ w h o
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