MAORI RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY

ILLUSTRATED BY TRANSLATIONS OF TRADITIONS,

KARAKIA, &c.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

NOTES ON MAORI TENURE OF LAND.

BY

LATE NATIVE SECRETARY, NEW ZEALAND, AUTHOR OF "TRADITIONS AND SUPERSTITIONS OF THE NEW ZEALANDERS."

LONDON: LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

1882.

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TO THE MEMORY

SIR WILLIAM MARTIN

THESE PAGES ARE DEDICATED,

THE AFFECTIONATE TRIBUTE OF A FRIENDSHIP OF MANY YEARS.

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