38 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



Ka tikina ki raro ra 



Kia Marere o-tonga, kia Timu-whakairia 



E ora ana te wananga — e 



Mauria mai nei ko te rongo-a-whare 



Ko te rongo-taketake 



Ki mua ki te atua 



Ka wbakaoti te riri — e. 



The following song is very old, and refers to the period of 

 the Maori sojourn in Earotonga, about five hundred years 

 ago. It contains references to a well-known incident in Maori 

 history, and also mentions the name of Marere-o-tonga : — 



Noho noa whati tata, haereere noa ra te takutai 



Kua pono ano ki te iwi no paraoa 



Mauria mai nei hai heru 'tahi taha 



Hai patu 'tahi taha 



Manaakitia mai nei e Uenuku 



Tae noa mai nei kua he te iringa o te heru 



Me ui ra ki te poupou o te whare, 



Kaore te ki mai te waha 



Me ui ra ki te tuarongo o te whare, 



Kaore te ki rnai ts waha 



Me ui ra ki te tiki nei, kia Kahutia-te-rangi 



Kai hea taku heru? 



Tena ka riro i te tabae poriro tiraumoko nei 



Moenga-hau nei, moenga raukawakawa nei. 



Ka mate tera i te whakama 



Ka hiko ki tona waka 



Kia Tu-te-pewa-a-rangi nei 



Ka hoe ki waho ki te moana 



Ka unuhia te koremu 



Kamate i reira Epipi, ka mate i reira Tahau 



Ka mate i reira te ara o Tu-mahina nei 



Matariki ka* kau i te ata nei — e 



Tena a Ruatapu kai te whakakau 



I te moana e takoto nei — e 



Te hinga nei — e. Te wharenga nei — e 



Te marara nei — e 



Pokia iho ra te Puke ki Hikurangi 



Tutu noa ana Marere-o-tonga kia mau. 



Hamiora Pio, of the Children of Awa, says, " Eongo 

 visited Marere-o-tonga and Timu-whakairia. When Eongo 

 returned from his visit to the heavens he saw Marere-o- 

 tonga blocking up a cave to enclose him in. Then Eongo 

 slew Marere-o-tonga, w T ho may be seen by looking up into 

 space — he is suspended from the heavens." 



But the door of the whare taper e is open. The young 

 people of the year 400 Anno Tui are collected therein, and the 

 games and amusements of old are in full swing. We will 

 enter and seat ourselves on the right-hand side, against the 

 wall. We are looking upon the young people of that date, 

 clothed simply in kilt or girdle, and collected in picturesque 



* Or hakau, a star. 



