Neither the Maori nor the Hindoo of common degree could cook by a fire that a person of higher caste had used, nor could the high Maori or high Hindoo employ fire that had served a man of low grade; if a low-grade Maori or Hindoo drank from a vessel belonging to a high-grade man, the vessel was defiled, and had to be destroyed.

There were other resemblances between Maori tabu and Hindoo caste-custom.
Yesterday a lunatic burst into my quarters and warned me that the Jesuits were going to "cook" (poison) me in my food, or kill me on the stage at night.

He said a mysterious sign was visible upon my posters and meant my death.

He said he saved Rev.Mr.Haweis's life by warning him that there were three men on his platform who would kill him if he took his eyes off them for a moment during his lecture.

The same men were in my audience last night, but they saw that he was there.