. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. led, though of acomparatively mild type; slaves were littlevalued, and did not receive burial. Burialwas attended with many of the rites foundamong the Polynesians. The body of achief was decked in his finest dress in acarved tomb in the centre ofthe village, and surrounded bycarved figures of ancestors. All the per-sonal property of the deceased was placedby his side or near
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. led, though of acomparatively mild type; slaves were littlevalued, and did not receive burial. Burialwas attended with many of the rites foundamong the Polynesians. The body of achief was decked in his finest dress in acarved tomb in the centre ofthe village, and surrounded bycarved figures of ancestors. All the per-sonal property of the deceased was placedby his side or near the tomb. Finally,some of his wives and slaves were killedand eaten, that they might serve the deadman in another land. After remaininglong enough for decay, the bones of thechief were cleaned and collected; and nowidow might re-marry till she had per-formed this was considerably practised when the Europeans firstlanded ; and it was believed that thereby the prowess of the victim wasCannibalism acquired by the eater. Intertribal war was chronic amongand war. them, for revenge of insults or capture of slaves. Their tacticswere a mixture of skirmishing, feints and ambuscades, surprises Burial. HAMINA TIMAKAKi, A TAUKANGA CHIEF. The Maoris reverenced spirits of many kinds, including natural THE NEW ZEALANDERS. 927
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