wering stalks of the flax,--three
faggots of which lashed firmly in a point at the small ends,
and expanded by a piece of wood at the stern, constitute the
sides and bottom of the frail craft, which, propelled by a
paddle, furnishes sufficient means of transport for a single
individual."

<hw>Moko</hw>, <i>n</i>. the system of tattooing practised by
the Maoris. See <i>Tattoo</i>. It is not a fact--as popularly
supposed--that the "moko" was distinctive in different
families; serving, as is sometimes said, the purpose of a
coat-of-arms. The "moko" was in fact all made on the same
pattern--that of all Maori carvings. Some were more elaborate
than others. The sole difference was that some were in outline
only, some were half filled in, and others were finished in
elaborate detail.

1769. J. Banks, `Journal,' Nov. 22 (Sir J. D. Hooker's edition,
1896), p. 203:

"They had a much larger quantity of <i>amoca</i> [sic] or
black stains upon their bodies and faces. They had almost
universally a broad spiral on each buttock, and many had their
thighs almost entirely black, small lines only being left
untouched, so that they looked like striped breeches. In this
particular, I mean the use of <i>amoca</i>, almost every tribe
seems to have a different custom."

1896. `The Times' (Weekly Edition), July 17, p. 498 col. 3:

"In this handsome volume, `Moko or Maori Tattooing,'
Major-General Robley treats of an interesting subject with a
touch of the horrible about it which, to some readers, will
make the book almost fascinating. Nowhere was the system of
puncturing the flesh into patterns and devices carried out in
such perfection or to such an extent as in New Zealand. Both
men and women were operated upon among the Maoris."

<hw>Moko-moko</hw>, <i>n</i>. (1) Maori name for the Bell-bird
(q.v.), <i>Anthornis melanura</i>, Sparrm.

1888. A. W. Bathgate, `Sladen's Australian Ballads,' p. 22:

[Title]: "To the Moko-moko, or Bell-bird."

[Footnote]: "Now rapidly dying out of our land," sc. New
Zealand.

(2) Maori name for the lizard, <i>Lygosoma ornatum</i>, Gray,
or <i>Lygosoma moko</i>, Durn. and Bib.

1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand'
(Church Missionary Society), p. 182:

"Moko-moko, a small lizard."

<hw>Mole, Marsupial</hw>. See <i>Marsupial Mole</i>.

<hw>Moloch</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian lizard, <i>Moloch
horridus</i>, Gray; called also <i>Mountain Devil</i> (q.v.).
There