| Show I I i f non n w A wn The rho Kiwis J or the tho Wingless Birds d Lizards Which CI Have j Three S Parrot Which h Kata Inis P II a I ZEALAND FREAIS S NEW ET e the Size e of ot n Cricket Which Carries Her ner Young In Her p Breast Vegetable Which Grows Turp Knurl Gum Oum m and t How flow Ho It la Is Found In III Inthe I It the Swamps ll antI and Shipped to the United Status Markets t Camel and Laid Travels Among the Maoris The Girls and Their Tat lat Tattooed Tatt latE All About the Hie Moo Moa Which Was as liS Big as us a i t e toned Lips LipsA sA A Feast Tho Condition Con Conf Ion of oC the NaI Na Natives I I 1 l r I It i Eggs E ggs r as US Large 1 urge as US a n Pumpkin l I k m tines tIe Today I t e t I wv v lI i t w i f r 1 UtI 1101 to by tot b I 0 G Carpen Carpenter l t ter r Christchurch New Kew Zealand now lion would you yon ilk like to is m meet et a bird bin agle M ag le idle U M n It rf lpt I as 1111 l UK bIll bl M tt t Ii pumpkin You can alln alto litO o tho thu liMP Julie of ot one at Now f I You run can un we sea a baker t down I 1 rs s of oC ikel tons showing the lie gigantic teen mou 1 t t i a j r f ate F In III the different 88 of oC its growth and anil Mind rill glaN M yeti Dan cun sw sew 9 i 1 t 7 Mine of or t the real recd f Ua l laid hl by U It a n cen con century ceno when It trod troll the soil oll tury or more mort o e a o if oC this country I refer to tho thu groat grout d t ie l mOil rI rIst t to I be I the e bl gesl bird st liver per Ner I 1 wit cut down b foro ro the tho 4 I t model u of f It h lu III I New Hi Let Lett la t lind and and some lIot t It it tall ni III the th bird stands on tine the th Hoar l I Is Ju Just t as RI high im IU my und x its JIll ankle In III as big hII around ui ue my calf CaIL OR Its 11 gigantic body covered with gray grays In s feathers feather night might ht have hll been beell out of It a Una small and lId lu its I iiI tall tail thin t Week neCk l I Is III as o high above Rhoe Its 1111 breast Unit bat t tho the while wh le Ie could not possibly i fi be lI wd Into the average parlor It Il t has lias n no wings w but bUl Its 1111 lens legs uro tu e ns us strong I I 15 II us ns those of ut a 1 camel mid and It II looks larks quite HA as big blu Its It fat haw have claws much like I those thaw tho 4 of ot n II turkey s the that they are RIt enormous In n hI and hUh earn each a fL foot fool long longI c I doubt douht not nott the original could have stamped out the of lit a man nt at one i t blow one of ot tie the was moa skeletons 1 was placed the skeleton of ot an all ordinary i man the head of o tho bird rising at atleas least leas eight feet above the skull kull of o the lie Hitman theman man mail The bones banes were IIII real mil bones found o In Jn this thin part of or New el Zealand they are ILIO together by WK wll II The first bones of oC the mutt mOil were dis discovered dist I 1 covered about sixty years eRrs n ago ngo o fhe The birdI bird t I existed In New Zealand within a n very vury ury recent period and there are ure Maoris who I t hethe re will toll tell ll you Oll that their forefathers y sr hunted It The probability however of re la III lathat t that It antedates the tho advent of oC tho ins i Maoris Maori but there Is II no nil doubt that It itI I was once onci eaten eRtell In III great t numbers for forIn fori or orIn i In the old ovens tuns which have been Jeen ex ox excavated OJ j quantities of ot cooked moa bones bonesI have been heen found But Hut ns nil to when that I time tune was wn and who the tho moa hunters were no one knows t EGOS ImOS AS HID BIG AS FOOT OOl ii HALLS ti s The moa mon eggs were Wire each ench about a n foot toot long One Oil was IM found some same years rears liRa ago by a n man mrm when digging tho the foundation of ot a house He had gone down several feet teet when he conic cume upon the skeleton ton of oC ofa oCa ofa a man In a sitting posture The egg was held In the monI mans bony hony fingers In r such Euch a n manner as liS to bring It Immediately Immedi Immediately opposite his hili mouth and omi It Is supposed sup supposed posed that It was placed there with the id Idea illeR a that thaI the ghost of oC the dead would have something to eat during the In fn of or his long lon sleep There were a astone stone atone spear and ah alt IX ax by h the side of oC oCtha the tha man showing shoving that he Ill was probably a n warrior and Ills his skull bore evidence of ot having received several leeral hard knocks 1 probably on tho the battlefield The eg egg M was ten tea Inches long lon and seven Inches In inI I diameter and Its It II shell was about as thick ns as a n cent piece pece It Imle was perfectly p empty but hut Whether time tune or the lend native had sucked out the contents till thu records r do donot doj j not say THE WINGLESS WINDLESS BinDS OF 01 NEW A LAND The moa was wingless It ft seems l ms to i have been a n giant edition of or sonic some of oC the tho they y strange birds New Neo Zealand has luts now Ii There are wingless birds In New Zea yea Zealand land not larger than thun chick chickens chickens ens which are In miniature Is I s refer reter to the kiwis some of ot which I have seen here at Christchurch The kiwis have hae hairlike feathers of somewhat the color of ot n a quail They have hn vo long bills sharp at the point with which they can cnn bore down Into the mud for Cor worms and their less legs are ar art much touch like those thoRO of oC the moa I have had several of or them In my hands awl and by b feeling carefully I can t discover what seems seeing like n a r little lump im fin each ench side hll where the tho wing ought to tobe tobe be he Otherwise than this no wings are perceptible s The Tho kiwi la le a n night bird At t the col college collego 01 lege lego here herf where I saw fW them thorn the birds were ere penned up like Ilk chickens and nud had hn to be Ie brought out of ot the tho coop for or mo me moto meto to examine them They The seemed almost t I blinded by b the light and ran mn about this 4 way WR and that In apparent terror The d birds 8 are now growing r very ry scarce carce In New Zealand The Maoris are art rand fond of fir them for fond and their skins are me high Jy Iy prized as dt 8 tor ff r the chiefs They The now to in bp be found In the th d dense ne beds of ot ferns ternA which rover cover ports parts of oC New Zealand It Tt H II Ir ty difficult to catch them for tor they l rook i ik k much like lite the dead deall fern leaves and Ill they take refuge reule In crevices In the HI rot rock ke aril and in deep holes RANK FRANK G CARPENTER l wv w wT 1 I H I II rH Hi T y yI t tY a Y p r rf I f 1 Ir 1 j j a r t m jt a ar ar It r t f f 1 IJ r j jt t y c 1 d l A I I F F y X L T c I 1 1 f VICIOUS SHEEP KILLING BIRD 1 F Destructive De k Flash 1 lash losh and und Fat Hating Ken Kea Parrot That ThatIs t Is a n Terror Tenor to the of oC New Zealand j I I I I tH IH which they excavate In the ground for tor their nests ne t tOne r rOne One of the most mOAt curious things about the tho kiwi is hI the size of ot Its lis eg egg It Ills Is almost al almost most as I Dig Dlf n a aB tie the bird itself lI elt being of nC a creamy white while color as aM smooth und and no nn glossy tin UK Ivory or The lute kiwi Is rapid rapidly ly h being exterminated The dogs hunt It In tho the thicket and nn It Is IH now rare Ilire that you Oll find tine one outside the museums THE rnE IETI G PA 1 WOT There Is III another bird In New Zealand which IB Is quite nil JIH curious as the kiwi This Is the kea ken parrot eats cats sheep fastening its claws into the lute wool of or the tho bock back digging out the choice bits of oC hash llesh Thousands of ot sheep have ha 0 been heen destroyed by this bird bind the loss 1088 from them hem being HO so great nt that lint the govern Hovern government ment bent offered a n reward of or seventy five cents n a i head when as OB many ninny as ns fifteen thousand keas ke fl were er killed In a n year The ken kea has tastes It does not care core for or any on part of oC tho the sheep except the kidneys and the tho fat ut which surrounds them Through sev sov several PC eral generations of oC birds It has hilA learned by b Instinct or tradition whether birds talk or not I cannot nay just where the Ihl kidneys lie He In the anatomy I T nm rim told that It strikes the right spot every ery time und and that It bores hon a u hole halo Into the side of ot the tho sheep right over oer the kidneys boring a n hole hall In with Its bill billas billas as ns smooth us though the llesh was wall cut round with a knife The kea keR tears out the thu kidneys kl and the fat tnt and then leaves the sheep which of oC course cour e dies There are different Bif Crent theories na as to how the keas acquired this thin taste for tor the tho fin finest finest est CRt of oC mutton They fhe had Ind had nothing but hut berries and insects until sheep were Introduced ll Then they the began to pick the meat ment from Cram the sheep skins hung up to dry 11 Later Inter on they the attacked the lie live sheep and after a n time having discovered discovered ered pred just where the tho kidneys were wert de der devoted voted ote 1 their labors to no other part There Is no of or the fact that lint they take nice only un the kidneys and that lint every ken kea knows knoll Just where to strike a sheep the tho first time Whether the birds talk to one another or not I do not know knol but hut they certainly seem to work quite as ss Intelligently as ns though they had hall language NATURES TUnES FREAKS IN NEW ZEALAND ZEA ZEALAND ZEALAND LAND These ore art however but n few rew of or the tho freaks which Dante Dame Nature Atun has hn created In this tJUI t part of or the tho world There are others ethers so strange that I 1 hesitate to mention them This is isyou isyou you OU know the land hand of the marsupials or animals You have hae all heard of ot the kangaroos who have a bag attached to the tho outside of at their bellies In which they carry their young There fire are not many such In New Zealand They The are rather to be lie found In Austra Australia lia Ila New Zealand however has hns mar marsupial rats ints and I saw at nt the lie college mere here In Christchurch a u mouse mou e not much larger larcer lall er than thun a n good sized cricket which had a II pouch on Its belly In which It carried Its young This mouse Is per perhaps perhaps haps hap s the smallest t marsupial known It ItIs Itis Is l a n part palt of oC the biological collection of oC the college colle e museum at nt Christchurch and was shown mo toe by Pi Prot Prof of the chief chloC biologist Another thing he showed me rno was wall a n live lizard which ho lie says 1118 Is a n descendant of oC a n family of oC lizards This lizard Is 11 especially e pec billy puzzling to the scientists just now In the center of oC the tho head Is a f third eye which is l clearly visible through the skin of ot the young animal but which becomes thickly covered when It reaches maturity matur maturity ity It Prof Marriner says SIlS there Is little doubt but that this eye ere was Us once used usell The lizard he ho showed me JOe Is about a foot tuot long and I should say gay SI two Inches In diameter about the waist I like the black swans of or Nen Nj Zen Zea Zealand land They are to be seen In all nil parts of o the lie Island and you OU can ean shoot them anywhere along the lakes They are even len more beautiful than tho the white while swans ans their feathers looking like black block velvet plush as they sail along ulong the waters VEGETABLE CATERPILLARS CAT The curiosities of oC vegetable life lire are quite ns nil wonderful as ns those hose of oC animal life lite One of oC the strongest strangest Is what Is la known ns us the vegetable caterpillar This looks like a perfect caterpillar with a n tHem tem growing out of ot Its head hend The cater caterpillar caterpillar caterpillar pillar Itself Is about two Inches In length When It Is full Cull grown Irown the sprout comes out and IId takes talles root and amI grows Krows Into a I vigorous plant about eight Inches high with a single Hingle stem but no leaf Some say any a that the caterpillar Is a B areal areal real live lIe caterpillar but this I am lUll In ln Inclined to doubt The ho only ones I have seen are the plants when they the have been dried after being taken out of ot the round ground I 1 might also speak of ot New ie Zealand Ilax a u sort of oC Hag flag which rows grows In many parts parte of oC the country and which Is II now being harvested largely for tor export This flag bag IIII has hues a flier fiber which makes a II cloth as beautiful as silk The Japanese are aro now experimenting with It and un It may ma eventually be lie one of oC the great products of 01 the country I 1 have ha e seen Been It growing III In many places on this Island and am told that thousands thousand of oC tons are annually exported Tho The fiber looks somewhat like hike Philippine hemp LAND IND WHICH GROWS GROSSS TURPEN TINK TINI Have 1110 you over ever hoard board of or knurl kauri gum Im It Is III u IL solidified turpentine or 01 resin which IH Is found In great re relit t chunks on tho the top tup of oC the tile ground nUll and helps tho the stir sur surface face tHC in the of ot New Zea Zoa Zealand Zealand land The lumps lump art are al from the size of ot a walnut to that hint of oC n a mans man head nod and single pieces piece have hae been found weighting weighing eJ ns alt touch much HH UK one ono hundred pounds This cum gum Is III often orten as ns clear as amber r varying greatly In hi color Sometimes It Ills la Is a rich yellow lIow sometimes brown and some sometimes sometimes times Just the color of champagne It Itla ItIs la Is It used as a n substitute for or amber In Inel cigar el lI holders and pipes pates but the must most of oC It is b sold to tho he manufacturers of oC var varnish nish It IH Is by b no moans means n a I cheap article I and the tho annual exports of ot It II amount to several II lt 11 I millions of or dollars In 1898 not quite ten thousand tons were lelu exported the total value of o which was In ht the neighborhood of or W JOO OO Altogether since 1863 1803 18 3 more mora limn 1 worth of oC this gum gumn um has been gotten out amounting amount amounting ing In all alt to about aboul tons tOilS AMONG AMONO A THE TIIE GUM OUM DIGGERS There are ure now nom about seven en n thousand men mell going over the country with spears and picks 1111 looking for or this gum They drive their spears down Into the earth rind and when they th find a I piece dig It out The gum goo lies lie within n a limited area It U UIs ItIs ItIs Is mined on about acres north of oC Auckland City and south und and nil east cast of ot Auckland on about acres more Part of or this Is government land upon which the tho right light to dig till the tho gum turn Is sold soldat soldat at n t front from rom 15 5 to 35 per annum Other Othor parts are arc private property Many of ot the tho lie gum diggers me aro AUH Aug some same Maoris and some English Australians They go out Into the gum Kum fields and und camp In groups of 01 twenty or thirty Many un of 0 them work for tor themselves some home making as us much as a V j 5 n a week at al It There ore men In Inthe Inthe the he cities who deal In nothing else the kauri gum exporters being among amonS the chief business men of oC Auckland This Hum gum comes from the kauri knurl pine pinea a tree trel which Is III often feet feel high and twelve feet teet thick Tho The kauri knurl Is about tho the best timber of ot New Zealand Zealond and It is largely larKely used In III building and furniture making The gum Is tho the remains of ot the great forests foresta of oC the past which have rotted away leaving this Imperishable resin Some Rome of oC tho the trees are barked for tal their gum cum um like our turpentine trees of oC the Southern States The Tho |
