MAORI SUPERSTITION.
It hne been a firm belief of fhe Maori that very often before a person dire t!k» npirit i*> seen, and even before some £r<v»t raliniity occurs e-ome of it is ninrfo known. Correspondents of tho Maori paper. "To I*ipi«h.irunroa" have rc'eonUn] two such iustanow. Before Moody battles worn fought up the j-iviT it ie rcror«!<xl a wpint I'.ittlo wns actually witneewnl h\ human eve ; iLjiiiii, bt'foit* tho great Tarawvra (■•ujitniti took place, it ivim* romnionly r-|>«>rt»M] tliat it phantom war-e-aixx , . t'.illv liiaiir.iil, Ivan <=<'in on tJiolake. Trn«'e-.litor of "Te Pipiwharaiiro.i" j»ibl .slhhl tln-se etovirs as curio.iti«t», iitit lou tlo editor himself oMO of t'i i »•(•«• uonderiul and >h»'r»«'iy omloret* the utom-ts ot his eorrespoucknU. Tbo tditor points out
tint it is a remarkably curious thinn that only a few week* hofnro t!v.- k«'tch Sir Honry vra.i wrwk«vi :it Katft C'ajxwhen ;i!l were lost, tho crew of thi.-, samo \r?»t'l witnofFtN] a phantom land covered with tall tresis, .-mil with lvavy boating airainst its roast. ofT Mahia. bvA- 'rnoro straneo .still, tin , lnmj wn.-i ii many n.wpi'cts r.ot unliks? tho Kr.st Cajio.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12647, 10 November 1906, Page 9
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184MAORI SUPERSTITION. Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12647, 10 November 1906, Page 9
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