RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Taylor, Te Ika A Maui, or New Zealand and its Inhabitants, etc. CUL-DAR85.A66. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 342, n45: "Rev. R. Taylor, 'New Zealand and its Inhabitants,' 1855, p. 152."
Richard Taylor. 1855. Te Ika A Maui, or New Zealand and its Inhabitants, etc. London.
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A most capable witness the Rev R. Taylor (New Zealand & its Inhabitants 1855 p. 152) says "to have fine tattooed faces was the great ambition of young men, both to render themselves attractive to the ladies, & conspicuous in war"
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