The Taniwha.
A local paper gives currency to iho following "yarn" :— Some resicienfs of Jtfasterton, while out shooting early m the week, were astonished at noticing a Strange-looking animal, quite different to anything they bad ever seen, m a muatUm. 1 One of. them was so lio and alarmed that he had his arms and hands torn among the bu^h lawyers, arid the other stood trembling behind* with his gun loaded, when he should have been using it. They describe it to be about the siz-! of a dog, with short; legs and long hair curled at the end s ; , ' large eyes and jaws, and broad muzzle.^. The dogs pursued j ft, but one returned" nearly flay 6d alive;, fand the others would huhfc'no lotfger." A*Maori hearing- the animal described , at. once declared it ! fo be a f{ taniwha"--a sacred animal of-amjhibidus habits, in Svhiqh' the spirit of the rivers orid waters is said tb'residel-'-' ; : ■'■ ■''■''; ; ■'[ '^] \' •:;'_ :U
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 131, 10 May 1883, Page 3
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156The Taniwha. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 131, 10 May 1883, Page 3
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