SO Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



He aha aku kai te pau noa ai 



Naku te tohenga ki te whitu, ki te waru 



Ki te roa o te tau 



Waiho nei matau hai timokomoko kai 



Ma te ngahuru (? Ngahuru) 



Tangi ana te whakatopatopa o karae 



kame maunu, he toroa, he taiko — e, &c. 



The following is also a charm to weaken a person and pre- 

 vent him from finishing the building of his house. It might 

 be used out of ill-will, or to punish the builder for having 

 made an error in the plan of the house or in the measuring 

 (tieke) thereof : — 



He tai panuku, he tai wheranu 



E Nuku ! E ruoe nei, ka riri koe e koe 



E Papa e moe nei 



Tauia mai ra te papa o toku whare 



Ko Hauhau-tu-ki-terangi 



He ra ka hinga, he ra ka newha 



Ka tupeke hinga ki tai o Motutapu (or Ka tupe, ka hinga ?) 



Uahatia taku manu i te rangi 



He toroa, he karae, he taiko 



Ko te manu tangi reo 



Ki te muriwai o Wai-rarawa 



Turakina, ka hinga ki te Po whekerekere 



Ka takoto i Muriwai whenua 



Ka eke i ona irohia. 



There are two varieties of charms or magic spells known 

 as " rotu." One is termed a "rotu moana" ; it is used in 

 order to calm the ocean — to put it to sleep, in fact. " Rotu " 

 means " heavy-eyed," as for want of sleep. " Rorotu " means 

 "to oppress with sleep." The other rotu is used in order to 

 make a person sleep. The following is such an one : — 



E moe ! E moe ! 



Ko te po nui, ko te po roa 



Ko te po i whaka-aua ai to moe 



E moe ! 



Tamoe, ok Umu Tamoe. 



" Tamoe" means to suppress the evil designs and enmity 

 of people by means of a magic rite — the umu tamoe. When 

 the Matatua immigrants were coasting along the shores of 

 the Bay of Plenty they performed this rite before landing, in 

 order to calm the enmity of the people of the ancient tribes 

 of that part. After a battle has been fought the victors per- 

 form the umu tamoe in order to prevent the enemy being able 

 to avenge their defeat. The umu horokaka is a rite performed 

 before attacking an enemy. A fire is kindled by the priest, 

 whose magic spells are to cause the wairua, or spirits, of the 

 •enemy to be drawn into the magic fire and therein be con- 

 sumed (ka rotua nga wairua o nga hoariri ki roto). 



The umu Juki is a rite performed in order to cause a people 



