<i>Hand-fish</i>.

<hw>Totara</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for a lofty-spreading
New Zealand tree, <i>Podocarpus totara</i>, A. Cunn.,
<i>N.O. Coniferae</i>,. In Maori, the accent falls on
the first syllable; but in English use it is often placed
on the second, and from Mr. Polack's spelling it must have
been so as early as 1840. Called also <i>Mahogany-pine</i>.
There are several other species, e.g. <i>P. vivalis</i>, Hook.,
the <i>Mountain Totara</i>; called also <i>Mahogany Pine</i>.
See <i>Mahogany</i>, and <i>Pine</i>.

1832. G. Bennett, in Lambert's `Genus Pinus,' vol. ii. p. 190:

"This is an unpublished species of <i>Podocarpus</i>, called
Totara by the natives. . . . The value placed on this tree by
the natives is sometimes the occasion of quarrels, terminating
in bloodshed, if it is cut down by any except the party by whom
it is claimed. . . It is not unusual for the trees to descend
from father to son."

1840. J. S. Polack, `Manners and Customs of New Zealanders,'
vol. i. p. 227:

"The totarra or red-pine."

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.
p. 221:

"The totara is one of the finest trees in the forest, and is
the principal wood used by the natives, whether for canoes,
houses, or fencing."

1854. W. Golder, `Pigeons' Parliament,' [Notes] p. 80:

"The place received its name from a number of large totara
trees."

1867. F. Hochstetter, `New Zealand,' p. 134:

"Totara (<i>Podocarpus totara</i>) and Matai (<i>Podocarpus
spicata</i>) are large and beautiful trees found in every
forest."

1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf,' p. 107:

"One lone totara-tree that grew
Beneath the hill-side."

1875. T. Laslett, `Timber and Timber Trees,' p. 308:

"The Totara Tree (<i>Taxus</i> or <i>Podocarpus totara</i>).
Height, eighty to ninety feet. The wood is red in colour,
close, straight, fine and even in grain . . . a good substitute
for mahogany."

1889. T. Kirk, `Forest Flora of New Zealand,' p. 227:

"With the exception of the kauri, the totara affords the most
valuable timber in New Zealand, but unlike the kauri it is
found almost throughout the colony."

<hw>Towai</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for New Zealand tree,
<i>Weinmannia racemosa</i>, Forst., <i>N.O. Saxifrageae</i>,
i.q. <i>Kamahai</i> in south of South Island, and
<i>Tawhero</i> in North Island (Wellington).

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. ii.
p. 95:

"Its banks . . . are cove