A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand

Contents

- Introduction
- Part I.: Natural History
  - Animals
  - Reptiles p. 4
  - Insects p. 5
  - Birds p. 6
  - Fish p. 12
  - Shells p. 17
  - Trees p. 18
  - Ferns p. 23
  - Shrubs p. 24
  - Flowers, Plants, &c p. 26
  - Creeping, Climbing Plants, Epiphites and Parasites p. 30
  - Grasses p. 31
  - Sea Weed p. 32
  - Mosses, Fungi, And Lichens p. 33
  - Kumara, Taro, and Potatoes p. 34
  - Stones, Earths, &c p. 35
  - Religion p. 37
  - Original Canoes p. 49
  - Parts of the Human Body
  - General Names p. 53
  - List of the New Zealand Tribes, With Their Principal Sub-Divisions p. 55
  - War, Murder, &c p. 56
  - Fortifications
  - Tattooing p. 57
  - Salutations
- Part III p. 58
  - Time p. 58
  - Time, (in continuation) p. 61
  - The Heavens, Stars, &c p. 62
  - Elements p. 65
  - Of The Water p. 66
  - Winds p. 67
  - Of the Land p. 68
  - Manufactured Substances, Apparel, &c p. 69
  - Of A Canoe p. 72
  - Houses, &c p. 73
  - Implements, &c p. 77
  - Amusements p. 81
- Part IV p. 82
  - Native Pharmacopeia p. 82
  - Native Diseases p. 85
- Part V p. 90
  - Parts of Trees p. 90
  - Parts of Fish, Birds, &c p. 91
- A List of Some of the Vegetable Productions of New Zealand, Available as Food for Man p. 92
  - Dicotiledones p. 92
  - Monocotyledones p. 96
  - Acotyledones p. 98