a Maori), `Old New Zealand,' Intro.
p. iii:

"The Maoris of my tribe used to come and ask me which had the
greatest `mana' (i.e. fortune, prestige, power, strength),
the Protestant God or the Romanist one."

1873. `Appendix to Journal of House of Representatives,'
G. i, B. p. 8:

"The Government should be asked to recognize his mana
over that territory."

1881. J. L.Campbell, `Poenamo,' p. 166:

"We should be glad to shelter ourselves under the mana--
the protection--of good old Kanini."

1892. `Otago Witness,' Dec 22, p. 7, col. 1:

"A man of great lineage whose personal mana was undisputed."

1896. `New Zealand Herald,' Feb. 14 [Leading Article]:

"The word `mana,' power, or influence, may be said to be
classical, as there were learned discussions about its precise
meaning in the early dispatches and State papers. It may be
said that misunderstanding about what <i>mana</i> meant caused
the war at Taranaki."

<hw>Mangaroo</hw>, <i>n</i>. aboriginal name for a small flying
phalanger with exquisitely fine fur.

1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. ii.
p. 217:

"Descending from the branches of an ironbark tree beside him,
a beautiful little mangaroo floated downwards on out-stretched
wings to the foot of a sapling at a little distance away, and
nimbly ascending it was followed by his mate."

<hw>Mangi</hw>, or <hw>Mangeao</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for
a New Zealand tree, <i>Litsea calicaris</i>, Benth. and Hook. f.

1873. `Catalogue of Vienna Exhibition':

"Mangi--remarkably tough and compact, used for ship-blocks
and similar purposes."

<hw>Mango</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for the <i>Dog-fish</i>
(q.v.), a species of shark.

<hw>Mangrove</hw>, <i>n</i>. The name is applied to trees
belonging to different natural orders, common in all tropical
regions and chiefly littoral. Species of these, <i>Rhizophorea
mucronata</i>, Lamb, and <i>Avicennia officinalis</i>, Linn.,
are common in Australia; the latter is also found in New
Zealand.

<i>Bruguiera rheedii</i>, of the <i>N.O. Rhizophoreae</i>,
is called in Australia <i>Red Mangrove</i>, and the same
vernacular name is applied to <i>Heritiera littoralis</i>,
Dryand., <i>N.O. Sterculiaceae</i>, the <i>Sundri</i> of India
and the <i>Looking-glass Tree</i> of English gardeners.

The name <i>Milky Mangrove</i> is given, in Australia, to
<i>Excaecaria agallocha</i>, Linn., <i>N.O. Euphorbiaceae</i>,
which further goes by the n