1858. `Appendix to Journal of House of Representatives,' c. iii. p. 18:
"We crossed the river on mokis. By means of large mokis, carrying upwards of a ton. . . . Moki navigation."
1889. Vincent Pyke, `Wild Will Enderby,' p. 82:
"For the benefit of the unlearned in such matters, let me here explain that a `Mokihi' is constructed of Koradies, <i>Anglice</i>, the flowering stalks of the flax,—three faggots of which lashed firmly in a point at the small ends, and expanded by a piece of wood at the stern, constitute the sides and bottom of the frail craft, which, propelled by a paddle, furnishes sufficient means of transport for a single individual."
<hw>Moko</hw>, <i>n</i>. the system of tattooing practised by the Maoris. See <i>Tattoo</i>. It is not a fact—as popularly supposed—that the "moko" was distinctive in different families; serving, as is sometimes said, the purpose of a coat-of-arms. The "moko" was in fact all made on the same pattern—that of all Maori carvings. Some were more elaborate than others. The sole difference was that some were in outline only, some were half filled in, and others were finished in elaborate detail.
1769. J. Banks, `Journal,' Nov. 22 (Sir J. D. Hooker's edition, 1896), p. 203:
"They had a much larger quantity of <i>amoca</i> [sic] or black stains upon their bodies and faces. They had almost universally a broad spiral on each buttock, and many had their thighs almost entirely black, small lines only being left untouched, so that they looked like striped breeches. In this particular, I mean the use of <i>amoca</i>, almost every tribe seems to have a different custom."
1896. `The Times' (Weekly Edition), July 17, p. 498 col. 3:
"In this handsome volume, `Moko or Maori Tattooing,' Major-General Robley treats of an interesting subject with a touch of the horrible about it which, to some readers, will make the book almost fascinating. Nowhere was the system of puncturing the flesh into patterns and devices carried out in such perfection or to such an extent as in New Zealand. Both men and women were operated upon among the Maoris."
<hw>Moko-moko</hw>, <i>n</i>. (1) Maori name for the Bell-bird (q.v.), <i>Anthornis melanura</i>, Sparrm.