Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . TAKIROA CAVESJL/oo^inoJ^^aiore aoy-^oss Ihe rise-. WJlMManltl dU. JMu^Aa-,i„ji. Utk. JPrini»d rZ^ My/Su« ij JSkri. 19 Those at Waiuongaro in the North Island, and at Awaraua in Otago, were theoldest he had seen, and contained fragments of stone used as cutting implements,of kinds that showed that even at that early period the natives had extensivelyexplored the interior of these islands. In Otago, especially, it is probable that theinterior was their usual dwelling place, and that they only paid occasional andperiodical ^dsits
Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand . TAKIROA CAVESJL/oo^inoJ^^aiore aoy-^oss Ihe rise-. WJlMManltl dU. JMu^Aa-,i„ji. Utk. JPrini»d rZ^ My/Su« ij JSkri. 19 Those at Waiuongaro in the North Island, and at Awaraua in Otago, were theoldest he had seen, and contained fragments of stone used as cutting implements,of kinds that showed that even at that early period the natives had extensivelyexplored the interior of these islands. In Otago, especially, it is probable that theinterior was their usual dwelling place, and that they only paid occasional andperiodical ^dsits to the sea coast. He referred to certain rude figures which hediscovered drawn on the walls of a cave in the Waitaki valley (see illustrations),among, which was rudely depicted the likeness of a Moa, by some early aboriginalartist, and proceeded to describe the causes which led to the extermination of thosebirds. This must have taken place w^ithin a very short period after the appear-ance of man, adducing the very slig
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