e speedily fell
into disuse, although it still appears as the common name in
some horticultural works."

1890. Brett, `Early History of New Zealand,' p. 115:

"`The Hunter' and `Fancy' loaded spars for Bengal at the Thames
in 1798." . . . "These two Indian vessels in the Thames were
probably the earliest European ships that loaded with New
Zealand Timber, and probably mark the commencement of the
export Kauri trade."

<hw>Kauri-gum</hw>, <i>n</i>. the resin which exudes from the
<i>Kauri</i> (q.v.), used in making varnish.

1867. F. Hochstetter, `New Zealand,' p. 140:

"In the year 1859 the amount of timber exportation from the
Province of Auckland was L 34,376; that of kauri-gum exported
L 20,776."

1874. G. Walch, `Head over Heels,' p. 15:

"He paid his passage with kauri-gum."

1893. `Murray's Handbook to New Zealand,' p. 62:

"The industry which will most interest the tourist is the
Kauri-gum. . . . The resin or gum which they [the Kauri-trees]
contained fell into the ground as the trees died, and (not
being soluble in water) has remained there ever since. Men go
about with spears which they drive into the ground, and if they
find small pieces of gum sticking to the end of the spear, they
commence digging, and are often rewarded by coming on large
lumps of gum."

<hw>Kava</hw>, <i>n</i>. The word is Tongan for--

(1) An ornamental shrub, <i>Piper methysticum</i>, Miq.; also
<i>Macropiper latifolium</i>, Miq. See <i>Kawa-kawa</i>.

(2) A narcotic and stimulant beverage, prepared from the root
of this plant, which used to be chewed by the natives of Fiji,
who ejected the saliva into a <i>Kava</i> bowl, added water and
awaited fermentation. The final stage of the manufacture was
accompanied by a religious ceremonial of chanting. The
manufacture is now conducted in a cleaner way. Kava produces
an intoxication, specially affecting the legs.

1858. Rev. T. Williams, `Fiji and the Fijians,' vol. i.
p. 141:

"Like the inhabitants of the groups eastward, the Fijians drink
an infusion of the <i>Piper methysticum</i>, generally called
<i>Ava</i> or <i>Kava</i>--its name in the Tongan and other
languages. Some old men assert that the true Fijian mode of
preparing the root is by grating, as is still the practice in
two or three places; but in this degenerate age the Tongan
custom of chewing is almost universal, the operation nearly
always being performed by young men. More form attends the us