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Title: The Maori Race

Author: Edward Tregear

Publication details: Archibald Dudingston Willis, 1904, Wanganui

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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The Maori Race

Contents

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Contents.

Chapter I.	Introductory 1–7
Chapter II.	Bodily Characteristics 8–27
Chapter III.	Mental Characteristics 28–37
Chapter IV.	Birth, Etc. 38–50
Chapter V.	Games 51–62 Music 62–67 Language 67–70
Chapter VI.	Poetry, Song, Provverbs 71–81 Fables 81–83 Tribal Mottoes 83
Chapter VII.	Food, Cultivation 84–114 Canoes 114–122
Chapter VIII.	Rank, Rights of Property 123–136 Habits 136–145
Chapter IX.	Chiefs and Priests 146–153 Slaves and Servitude 153–159 Nomenclature 160–165
Chapter X.	The Dog and Other Animals 166–183 The Moa 183–186 Fishing 187–191
Chapter XI.	Tapu 192–203 Curses 203–208 Dreams and Omens 208–218 Offerings 218–220
Chapter XII.	Textiles 221–232 Dress and Ornaments 232–257 Tattooing 257–269
Chapter XIII.	Houses, Habitations, Etc. 270–283
Chapter IV.	Marriage, Etc. 284–299
Chapter XV.	Forts 300–307 Weapons 307–319 Tools 319–321 Mana 321–324
Chapter XVI.	War, War Omens, and Murder 325–370 Preserved Human Heads 370–373
Chapter XVII.	Whare-kura 374–382 Genealogies 383–386 Burial 386–401 Heavenly Bodies 401–406
Chapter XVIII.	The Future World 407–424 Ghosts 424–426 Notion of Scientific Facts 427–431
Chapter XIX.	Myths and Traditions 432–449
Chapter XX.	Religion and Cosmogony 450–497
Chapter XXI.	The Tohunga and Witchcraft 498–522 Fairies, Ogres, and Monsters 523–551
Chapter XXII.	The Whence of the Maori 552–560 Former Inhabitants 560–574
Chapter XXIII.	The Moriori 575–581
Chapter XXIV.	Modern History 582–587
Appendix.	Abbreviations 588 References 589–592