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 gratitude thanked him for his attention, concluding by assuring him that should he ever come to the North Island he was to visit him, when he would be only too glad to do all in his power for one who had shown him so much kindness. This was the biggest and most powerfully-built native I have ever seen. He was almost 7ft. in height, with a muscular development proportioned to his stature. We were not sorry to see those fellows take their departure, for we were in dread that they would quarrel with the local natives, who were much inferior to them in physique. Had they done so there is no saying how serious the issue of the quarrel might have been for us.

The following is the method the Maoris adopted in cooking on a large scale. After a pig had been killed and dressed, he was split open and lashed on to a stick, the two ends of which were then brought together and attached, forming a circle. He was then placed in the koppah, which was made as follows:—A hole was firstly dug in the ground, and then partially filled with stones. On the top of these stones a fire was built,