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A
tongue
of
land
,
sharply
pointed
and
bristling
with
bushes
,
projected
into
the
uniting
streams
.
The
swifter
waters
of
the
Waipa
rushed
against
the
current
of
the
Waikato
for
a
quarter
of
a
mile
before
they
mingled
with
it
;
but
the
calm
and
majestic
river
soon
quieted
the
noisy
stream
and
carried
it
off
quietly
in
its
course
to
the
Pacific
Ocean
.
When
the
vapor
disappeared
,
a
boat
was
seen
ascending
the
current
of
the
Waikato
.
It
was
a
canoe
seventy
feet
long
,
five
broad
,
and
three
deep
;
the
prow
raised
like
that
of
a
Venetian
gondola
,
and
the
whole
hollowed
out
of
a
trunk
of
a
kahikatea
.
A
bed
of
dry
fern
was
laid
at
the
bottom
.
It
was
swiftly
rowed
by
eight
oars
,
and
steered
with
a
paddle
by
a
man
seated
in
the
stern
.
This
man
was
a
tall
Maori
,
about
forty-five
years
of
age
,
broad-chested
,
muscular
,
with
powerfully
developed
hands
and
feet
.
His
prominent
and
deeply-furrowed
brow
,
his
fierce
look
,
and
sinister
expression
,
gave
him
a
formidable
aspect
.
Tattooing
,
or
"
moko
,
"
as
the
New
Zealanders
call
it
,
is
a
mark
of
great
distinction
.
None
is
worthy
of
these
honorary
lines
,
who
has
not
distinguished
himself
in
repeated
fights
.
The
slaves
and
the
lower
class
can
not
obtain
this
decoration
.
Chiefs
of
high
position
may
be
known
by
the
finish
and
precision
and
truth
of
the
design
,
which
sometimes
covers
their
whole
bodies
with
the
figures
of
animals
.
Some
are
found
to
undergo
the
painful
operation
of
"
moko
"
five
times
.
The
more
illustrious
,
the
more
illustrated
,
is
the
rule
of
New
Zealand
.
Dumont
D'Urville
has
given
some
curious
details
as
to
this
custom
.
He
justly
observes
that
"
moko
"
is
the
counterpart
of
the
armorial
bearings
of
which
many
families
in
Europe
are
so
vain
.
But
he
remarks
that
there
is
this
difference
:
the
armorial
bearings
of
Europe
are
frequently
a
proof
only
of
the
merits
of
the
first
who
bore
them
,
and
are
no
certificate
of
the
merits
of
his
descendants
;
while
the
individual
coat-of-arms
of
the
Maori
is
an
irrefragible
proof
that
it
was
earned
by
the
display
of
extraordinary
personal
courage
.
The
practice
of
tattooing
,
independently
of
the
consideration
it
procures
,
has
also
a
useful
aspect
.
It
gives
the
cu-taneous
system
an
increased
thickness
,
enabling
it
to
resist
the
inclemency
of
the
season
and
the
incessant
attacks
of
the
mosquito
.
As
to
the
chief
who
was
steering
the
canoe
,
there
could
be
no
mistake
.
The
sharpened
albatross
bone
used
by
the
Maori
tattooer
,
had
five
times
scored
his
countenance
.
He
was
in
his
fifth
edition
,
and
betrayed
it
in
his
haughty
bearing
.
His
figure
,
draped
in
a
large
mat
woven
of
"
phormium
"
trimmed
with
dogskins
,
was
clothed
with
a
pair
of
cotton
drawers
,
blood-stained
from
recent
combats
.
From
the
pendant
lobe
of
his
ears
hung
earrings
of
green
jade
,
and
round
his
neck
a
quivering
necklace
of
"
pounamous
,
"
a
kind
of
jade
stone
sacred
among
the
New
Zealanders
.
At
his
side
lay
an
English
rifle
,
and
a
"
patou-patou
,
"
a
kind
of
two-headed
ax
of
an
emerald
color
,
and
eighteen
inches
long
.
Beside
him
sat
nine
armed
warriors
of
inferior
rank
,
ferocious-looking
fellows
,
some
of
them
suffering
from
recent
wounds
.
They
sat
quite
motionless
,
wrapped
in
their
flax
mantles
.
Three
savage-looking
dogs
lay
at
their
feet
.
The
eight
rowers
in
the
prow
seemed
to
be
servants
or
slaves
of
the
chief
.
They
rowed
vigorously
,
and
propelled
the
boat
against
the
not
very
rapid
current
of
the
Waikato
,
with
extraordinary
velocity
.
