Excitement caused by first Contact with Europeans -- The Two Great Institutions of Maori Land -- The Muru -- The Tapu -- Instances of Legal Robbery -- Descriptions and Examples of the Muru -- Profit and Loss -- Explanation of some of the Workings of the Law of Muru 81 CHAPTER VIII. The Muru falling into Disuse -- Why -- Examples of the Tapu -- The Personal Tapu -- Evading the Tapu -- The Undertaker's Tapu -- How I got Tabooed -- Frightful Difficulties -- How I got out of them -- The War Tapu -- Maori War Customs 92 CHAPTER IX. The Tapu Tohunga -- The Maori Oracle -- Responses of the Oracle -- Priestcraft 116 CHAPTER X. The Priest evokes a Spirit -- The Consequences -- A Maori Tragedy -- The "Tohunga" again 122 CHAPTER XI. The Local Tapu -- The Taniwha -- The Battle on Motiti -- Death of Tiki Whenua -- Reflections -- Brutus, Marcus Antonius, and Tiki Whenua -- Suicide 129 CHAPTER XII. The Tapa -- Instances of -- The Storming of Mokoia -- Pomare -- Hongi Ika -- Tareha -- Honour amongst Thieves 137 CHAPTER XIII. "My Rangatira" -- The respective Duties of the Pakeha and his Rangatira -- Public Opinion -- A "Pakeha Kino" -- Description of my Rangatira -- His Exploits and Misadventures -- His Moral Principles -- Decline in the numbers of the Natives -- Proofs of former Large Population -- Ancient Forts -- Causes of Decrease 140 CHAPTER XIV. Trading in the Old Times -- The Native Difficulty -- Virtue its own Reward -- Rule Britannia -- Death of my Chief -- His Dying Speech -- Rescue -- How the World goes Round 165 CHAPTER XV. Mana -- Young New Zealand -- The Law of England -- "Pop goes the weasel" -- Right if we have Might -- God save the Queen -- Good Advice 174 HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE NORTH OF NEW ZEALAND AGAINST THE CHIEF HEKE 181 INTRODUCTION.