. 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. Burial. HAMINA TIMAKAKi, A TAUKANGA CHIEF. The Maoris reverenced spirits of many kinds, including natural THE NEW ZEALANDERS. 927. Religion. JIAOKI WOMAN. objects and forces, and ancestors, thoughthey had no real conception of aSupreme Behig. Every mysterywas an «^a or etua^ or was inhabited byone. For the most part they were supposedto be hostile to men, and to require propi
. 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. Burial. HAMINA TIMAKAKi, A TAUKANGA CHIEF. The Maoris reverenced spirits of many kinds, including natural THE NEW ZEALANDERS. 927. Religion. JIAOKI WOMAN. objects and forces, and ancestors, thoughthey had no real conception of aSupreme Behig. Every mysterywas an «^a or etua^ or was inhabited byone. For the most part they were supposedto be hostile to men, and to require propiti-ating by charms, spells, and offerings. Thepriests were hereditary, and were alwaysconsulted, and in every respect answered tothose of the Polynesians. The taboo wasin full force among them. There was nospecial place of worship, the sacred grovebeing the chiefs burial place; still it wasin them that offerings were presented tothe gods. The Maori language is represented by fourteen letters ; and no twoconsonants can come together, except at the end of a word. It resemblesthe Tahiti an and Hawaiian languages, and is very harmonious ^ ^and pleasing, but wanting in words for abstract ideas. ManyMaoris are great orators, have good memories, and make skilful use oftheir traditions, songs, proverbs, and fables. The older men had a finechoice of
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