The Maori and Highland Kilt.

Sir George Bowen, who was fond of calling attention to the racial likeness between the Maoris and the Scottish Highlanders, wrote in one of his official dispatches to London: “The Duke and his officers were much interested by the many striking scenes and incidents of war songs chanted by the Arawa around the watch fires, which they kindled every night in front of our tents. On the other hand, the native warriors were delighted by His Royal Highness' power of enduring fatigue; by his good horsemanship and swimming; by the skill and vigour with which he paddled his canoe across their lakes, and, perhaps, above all, by his constantly wearing the kilt, which is the favourite dress of the Maori as of the Scottish Highlander.”

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