Every Englishman's House is his Castle.--My Estate and Castle.--How I purchased my Estate.--Native Titles to Land, of what Nature.--Value of Land in New Zealand.--Land Commissioners.--The Triumphs of Eloquence.--Magna Charta. 70 CHAPTER VI. How I kept House.--Maori Freebooters.--An Ugly Customer.--The "Suaviter in Modo."--A Single Combat to amuse the Ladies.--The true Maori Gentleman.--Character of the Maori People. 78 CHAPTER VII. 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. 94 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. 107 CHAPTER IX. The Tapu Tohunga.--The Maori Oracle.--Responses of the Oracle.-- Priestcraft. 136 CHAPTER X. The Priest evokes a Spirit.--The Consequences.--A Maori Tragedy.-- The "Tohunga" again. 143 CHAPTER XI. The Local Tapu.--The Taniwha.--The Battle of Motiti.--The Death of Tiki Whenua.--Reflections.--Brutus, Marcus Antonius, and Tiki Whenua.--Suicide. 151 CHAPTER XII. The Tapa.--Instances of.--The Storming of Mokoia.--Pomare.--Hongi Ika.--Tareha.--Honour amongst Thieves. 160 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. 164 CHAPTER XIV. Trading in the Old Times.--The Native Difficulty.--Virtue its own Reward.--Rule, Britannia.--Death of my Chief.--His Dying.--Rescue. --How the World goes round. 193 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. 204 GLOSSARY 213 OLD NEW ZEALAND. CHAPTER I. Introductory.--First View of New Zealand.--First Sight of the Natives, and First Sensations experienced by a mere Pakeha.--A Maori Chief's Notions of Trading in the Old Times.--A Dissertation on "Courage."--A few Words on Dress.--The Chief's Soliloquy.--The Maori Cry of Welcome.