In chapter 32 of Following the Equator, Twain remarks that Maori legend
has it that a previous people were driven into the sea and/or under
ground and that Moas are not found in Maori legends. This seems to
contradict most everything I have found about the arrival and early
Maori populations. Where did Twain get his information? There is some
speculation about Caucasian populations but these ideas are all pretty
much discredited.
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There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of
in your philosophy.
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