146 JOHN RUTHERFORD grieved and ashamed at the circumstance of one of his dependents having stolen some trifle from that gentleman, that he sat for two days and nights on the deck of the ship, and could not be prevailed upon to enter the cabin.* ‘Maning, in "Old New Zealand,” gives a delightful account of the manner in which the law of muni, or plunder, ruled with an iron hand in the ancient Maoriland.