100 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



that it cannot be filled with food). Said to one who complains, 

 of the long time taken in preparing food. " It will be here in 

 good time. Food has no legs wherewith to run away." 



" He taua ano to tc kai " (Food can conquer man, as well 

 as an armed foe can). Said to those who want food quickly 

 and in plenty. When much is placed before them they cannot 

 eat it all. 



" E tama E I Mo a muri, mo a nehe " (0, son ! The days 

 that lie before will avenge this). Said to a person who refuses 

 one food. Some day he may be in want of food. 



" Kaianamai koe he atua, noho ana ahauhc tangata " (You 

 are eating there like a god ; I am sitting here as an ordinary 

 man). Said to a person who does not offer to share his meal 

 with another. " You appear to despise me, but I may slay 

 you by magic as you eat." 



"He hurt, lie tangata haere, kaorc ona tikanga, ona aha" 

 (A traveller is like a dog, of no account whatever. Any food 

 is welcome to a traveller ; do not trouble to prepare choice 

 foods). 



" Na tetahi a Maui ka ware ore, ka tata hoki." Said when 

 people get tired of waiting for coming guests and so eat the 

 food ; then the visitors arrive when the food is consumed. 

 It was a thoughtless act when the guests were so near. 



" He toki kai runga, he toki kai raw" (Two sets of sharp 

 teeth to eat the food with. Never mind if it be underdone). 



"Kai te xvaro o te rehunga" (It has gone down the red 

 lane — of food that has been consumed. It has disappeared 

 down the gullet). This saying is also applied to land. 



" Ko Putauaki te kainga, he ngarara tona kai' 1 (Lizards 

 are the food at Putauaki). Food-supplies were not numerous 

 at Mount Edgecumbe. 



"He aha ra a uta i ova ai" (How can inland tribes fare 

 well ? They have no fish or products of the ocean for a 

 change of diet). 



"Hohonu kaki, yapaku uatia," or " Hohonu korokoro, 

 papaku uaua" (Deep throat, shallow muscle). Applied to 

 a person who is a good trencherman, but is absent when 

 work is toward. 



" Whakaha kati ana a Whakarau" (Whakarau gets only 

 the savour of the food. When he arrived the food had been 

 consumed). Used under similar circumstances. 



" Ka pou te kai, ka noho te rae tangata" (When visitors 

 arrive the choice foods have been consumed). The coming 

 visitors banished those foods. This is a singular belief — the 

 mana of approaching visitors banishes food — i.e., birds, &c, 

 will not be obtainable ; they will not enter the snare, &c. 



" Ka hoki te rae tangata, ka hira te rae kai." Food has 

 been prepared for a certain expected guest, but another visitor 



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