account by some of the near relations of the deceased chief,
took place in the southern part of the island.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote BC: This is one of the discrepancies in Rutherford's
narrative. Taranaki is a district on the West Coast of the North Island,
and is about 150 miles from Cook Strait.]

[Footnote BD: Otago is a large province in the southern part of the
South Island, 300 miles from the Strait. Rutherford probably refers to
Takou, a Wairarapa chief, who was connected with the Ngai-Tahu of
Otago.]

[Footnote BE: It is supposed that the man was "Jim the Maori," the
latter word being wrongly spelt "Moury" in the manuscript of
Rutherford's story. The man's real name was James Caddell. He was an
Englishman by birth, and lived amongst the Maoris so long that he became
one of them, adopting their customs and ideas. Those who have
investigated his case believe that he belonged to the "Sydney Cove," a
sealer, which sailed in New Zealand waters. Near the South Cape, a boat
from a sealer was captured by the Maoris, and all the members of the
crew except Caddell were killed and eaten. Caddell, according to his own
account, was saved by running to a chief and touching his mat. He was
sixteen years of age then. He married a chief's daughter, and became a
Maori in all respects except colour. He was captured by Captain
Edwardson, of the "Snapper," and was taken to Sydney, where he seems to
have paraded as a savage chief. While he was with the Maoris, he almost
forgot the English language, and found much difficulty in making himself
understood by Captain Edwardson.]

[Footnote BF: Mr. Kendal was one of the missionaries who went to New
Zealand with Marsden when missionary work in the country was begun.]

[Footnote BG: Pomare.]

[Footnote BH: Te Puna, at that time the principal town in the Bay of
Islands.]

[Footnote BI: Rangihoua.]

CHAPTER IX.

The New Zealanders, according to Rutherford, have neither priests, nor
places of worship, nor any religion except their superstitious dread of
the Atua.

To an uneducated man, coming from a Christian country, the entire
absence of all regular religious observances among these savages would
very naturally give such an impression. Cook ascertained that they had
no "morais"[BJ] or temples, like some of the other tribes of the South
Seas; but he met with persons who evidently bore what we should call the
priestly character.

The New Zealanders are certainly not wi