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discovered the stolen property under it.

"The jacket was of course taken from him; and as the only excuse he had
to offer for his misconduct was that he had lost a shirt that had been
given to him, and that he considered himself authorised to get
remuneration in any way he could, he was dismissed without those
presents which were given to the others. We were glad to see that his
countrymen seemed to notice his conduct in the strongest terms of
disapprobation; and the next day, when they were about to leave us, they
seemed so determined to put him to death that they were requested not to
do so, but to consider his having lost his presents, and his being
forbidden ever to come near the ship, a sufficient punishment for his
offence."

It is very remarkable, that, whenever a child is born in New Zealand, it
is the invariable practice to take it to the tohunga, or priest, who
sprinkles it on the face with water, from a leaf which he holds in his
hand. It is believed that the neglect of this ceremony would be attended
with the most baneful consequences to the child.

Much reverence is felt among the New Zealanders for dreams; and it is
believed that the favoured of heaven often receive in this way the
communications of the gods. We need hardly remark how universal this
superstition has been. The reader of Homer will recollect the

[Greek: kai gar t onar ek Dios estin]

of that poet, and the [Greek: oulos oneiros], or evil dream, which, in
the second book of the Iliad, Jupiter sends down to Agamemnon, to lure
him to give battle to the Trojans in the absence of Achilles.

We must refer to Lafitau's learned work on the savages of America for an
account of the notions which prevail among them as to divination by
dreams. Dillon tells us that he found no way so effectual of repressing
the importunities of his New Zealand friends, in any case in which it
was inconvenient to gratify them, as assuring them he had dreamed that
the favour they requested would turn out a misfortune to them. When some
of them, for example, entreated that he would take them with him to
India, he told them that he had dreamed that if they went to that
country they would die there; and this at once put an end to their
solicitations.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote BL: The Maoris and Hawaiians use the word "iwi" for a bone;
the Samoans, Tahitians, and other islanders say "ivi."]

[Footnote BM: Probably Tupa.]

[Footnote BN: Probably Kaipara.]

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