86 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



I tikina ki raro wheuriuri, kia Hine-nui-te-Po 



Hai ngaki i te mate 



I tukua mai nei ki ana karerp, 



Ki te waeroa, ki te nainu poto 



Hai kakati i te rae. 



I te rnata o te hurupiki — e nine ! 



Ko ta paua (?) ka ea te mate 



te hiku rekareka nei, o te tuna — e-i 

 Takoto mai ra, e nine ! 



1 roto i te whare papa 



Ko te whare ra tena o to tipuna, o Tama-a-mutu, 



I tuhia ai— e-ki te tuhi rnarei kura 



Koia a Ngai-Tama-tuhirae 



I whakairi ai — e-ki runga ki te rakau 



Koia te kauhau i to papa, i a Maui, e nine ! 



Tera ia te rua o tini raua ko mano 



I karia ki te oneone ika nui — e hine ! 



Hurihuritia iho ra, e hoa rna— e ! 



Ta tatau mahuri totara 



No te wao tapu nui a Tane 



No te awa-e-i Oatua 



No runga e-i Okarakia 



No nga pinga-e-i roto i te Kopua 



Taku totara haernata, 



Te rite ai, e hire ! 



Ki a koe — i — a. 



Oatua is a stream and Okarakia a settlement at Eua- 

 tahuna. The tuna mentioned is Puhi, the eel-god, who was 

 slain by Maui for interfering with Hine-nui-te-Po, Goddess of 

 Hades. 



The Maori possessed spells of potent magic to contract 

 the land, and others to stay the sun in its course. These were 

 used by travellers. Others were used by persons engaged in 

 searching for anything. If a person were supposed to have 

 been slain or perished from hunger or in a snowstorm while 

 travelling, a priest (tohunga ruanuku, or magician) would 

 perform a certain rite in order to "awaken" the bones of 

 the dead — a ka hu mai aua wheua, and the bones would 

 resound to show their whereabouts. 



The punga was a spell to lessen the speed of a person 

 pursuing one, or of a person one is pursuing. 



The hearts of slain enemies were cooked at a fire termed 

 " ti-rehurehu," and spells were repeated over them to sap 

 the bravery of the enemy and render them faint-hearted. 



The whakaumuumu is a magic spell used to destroy 

 human life. To ward off a threat of magic the following 

 brief phrase is used : " Kuril ki whakataha." 



If a person is put to shame before people he may wish to 

 be transported elsewhere. He will therefore call upon his 

 familiar taniwha, or monsters — probably ancestors of his, who 

 assumed that form at death — to bear him hence. He will 

 summon them by repeating the following : — 



