Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

Botany of tutu. Description of poisonous effect on various animals. Work of previous observers detailed. Active principle described.

Describes making of wine from berries. "Canon Stack relates that on one occasion after partaking of some tutu-wine he was seized with alarming symptoms; he lost all feeling in his extremities, a mist came over everything, and he thought that he was poisoned. The symptoms soon passed off, however, and he was none the worse" (pp 292-293).