Old New Zealand: Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times
CHAPTER VIII.
The Muru falling into Disuse.--Why.--Examples of the Tapu.--The Personal Tapu.--Evading the Tapu.--The Undertaker's Tapu.--How I got Tabooed.--Frightful Difficulties.--How I got out of them.--The War Tapu.--Maori War Customs. 107