Interior of the Imperial Palace. Schoenbrunn. HE KORERO MO TE TAIKA He nui te kaha o te taika otiia i rite ki to te raiona, engari he nui te kino o tenei kuri he nui te mohiotia ko te kuri kino rawa tenei o te ao. Ko nga tangata o taua whenua nui atu te wehi ki taua kuri kahore e tino wehi nga tangata ki te raiona. Ko te tinana o taua kuri he iti rawa. Ko te roa i rite ki to te raiona roa me te teitei pera ano. He nui tona tere he iti to te hoiho. Kei runga ake ko te raiona kei runga rawa ko te taika tere. Ko tona whiore he roa ko tona huruhuru he nui te pai te maenene he popoto he ngawari. Kei runga i ona ngutu etahi kumikumi maro. Ko tona kara i penei me to te ngeru nei. Te ahua i whakataingoingo i haere iho i runga i te tuara he kohai wero ki te taha ki te uru a me te hope a roto o nga huha he ma me te puku hoki. Kei tona wh ore i taka miomio nga kara. Ko tona mahunga iti poto i to te raiona. Ko tona wahi i noho ai kei te taha ki te Hauta o Ahia. Ko tona haerenga kei roto i nga motu, i nga ngahere nunui, ko tetahi noho ki te taha o nga repo o nga awa iti. He noho kotahi ko ia THE STORY OF THE TIGER Great is the strength of the tiger, in fact it is like that of the lion and he is a very evil animal, in fact it is known he is by far the most evil animal in the world. The people who live near his habitat are greatly afraid of him; they fear the lion less. The body of this animal is very low-set; his length and height is like that of the lion. His speed is very great; the horse is slower than he. The lion is faster than the horse and the tiger is faster still. His tail is long and his hair is very beautiful—smooth, short and soft. On his lips are some hard bristles. His colour is the same as that of the cat. It is uneven, and on his yellowish back red stripes run down to sides, head and waist, but his crutch and also his belly are white. The colour of his tail is similar. The head is smaller and shorter than that of the lion. The part of the world he inhabits is Southern Asia. He lives in the vastnesses of the hills and