"I learn what Taihoa means."

[p.271]: "Great is the power of taihoa."

[p. 276]: "The imperturbable taihoa, given to us with the
ordinary placid good-humour."

<hw>Tail</hw>, <i>v. tr</i>. to herd and tend sheep or cattle:
lit. to follow close behind the tail.

1844. `Port Phillip Patriot,' Aug. 5, p. 3, col. 6:

"I know many boys, from the age of nine to sixteen years,
tailing cattle."

1855. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes,' p. 153:

"The stockman, as he who tends cattle and horses is called,
despises the shepherd as a grovelling, inferior creature, and
considers `tailing sheep' as an employment too tardigrade for
a man of action and spirit."

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xix. p. 239:

"`The cattle,' no longer `tailed,' or followed daily,
as a shepherd does sheep."

<hw>Tailing</hw>, <i>adj</i>. consisting of <i>tailings</i>
(q.v.).

1890. `Goldfields of Victoria,' p. 21:

"From recent assays of the tailing-sand, scarcely one quarter
of the pyrites has been extracted."

<hw>Tailings</hw>, <i>n</i>. "The detritus carried off by water
from a crushing machine, or any gold-washing apparatus."
(Brough Smyth, `Glossary of Mining Terms.') Not limited to
Australia.

1891. `The Argus,' June 16, p. 6, col. 2:

"A hundred and fifty tons of tailings are treated at the
Sandhurst pyrites works every month."

<hw>Tailor</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in New South Wales to the
fish <i>Temnodon saltator</i>, Cuv. and Val. It is called
<i>Skipjack</i> (q.v.) in Melbourne, a name by which it is also
known in America and Britain. Those of large size are called
"Sea-tailors." It belongs to the family <i>Carangidae</i>, or
<i>Horse-Mackerels</i> (q.v.).

<hw>Taipo</hw>, <i>n</i>. a New Zealand word for devil, often
applied by settlers to a vicious horse or as a name for a dog.
There is a dangerous river, the Taipo, on the west coast.
There is considerable dispute as to whether the word is true
Maori or not. The Rev. T. G. Hammond of Patea says--

"No such Maori word as taipo, meaning devil, exists. It would
mean evening-tide--tai-po. Probably the early sailors
introduced attached meaning of devil from the Maori saying,
`Are you not afraid to travel at night?' referring to the
danger of tidal rivers."

On the other hand, Mr. Tregear says, in his `Maori Comparative
Dictionary,' s.v.--

"Taepo, a goblin, a spectre. Cf. <i>tae</i>, to arrive;
<i>po</i>, night."

The Rev. W. Colenso says