The Kumi.
Regarding the alleged kumi, Sir James Hector says it is interesting to note that Von Hochstetter, in his work on ' New Zealand,' gives a woodcut of a Maori carving, at Ohinemutu, of a large lizard. In the letterpress of the English translation the carving is described as that of a lizard with two heads and six legs. But the woodcut does not justify this description, for it depicts a reptile with a single head. And what are taken to be a third pair of legs may merely be the exaggerated representation of external gills. Still the carving suggests that the carver had seen the lizard of which he made a representation. Von Hochstetter, speaks of the carving as remarkable, in that he did not see another like it during his travels in this country.
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Manawatu Herald, 6 October 1898, Page 3
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136The Kumi. Manawatu Herald, 6 October 1898, Page 3
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