Best. — On Maori Magic. 85 



Turanga o te tipua o Paoa, o Takiturnu 

 ! O Ruawharo, o Tirnu-whRkairia, o Rongokako 



Ka rnene kai roto o te puku nui o Tahaia 

 Aurara ou ringaringa, kai te rokiroki 

 Kai te penapena, kai te rakai whenua 

 Tetea nga mho o Tara-mai-nuku 

 Te niho o Tipoki ka whakatara ki te whetu 

 Te niho o Tipoki ka whakatara ki te rnarama 

 Ona niho kai tangata 

 Ka ngau ki te mata o Hoturoa 

 Ripia mai nei e te paea 

 Te taha maui ki tana (ripi) 

 Te Tipi a Houmea ki te oue poutama 

 Tena te tohu na te tipua 

 Ka mau kai te kiri o te toa horopu 

 He rioga kia tu 

 Ka maha noa atu e roto — i. 



The tipi a houmea mentioned above is identical with the 

 papaharo, a most grievous affliction. It is a rite of magic 

 which is used to blast the fertility of lands and render them 

 sterile, or to destroy shellfish, &c, on a beach. The perform- 

 ing priest smooths a little sand or earth, which represents the 

 lands whose fertility is to be destroyed. He then scores it 

 across with a wand, repeating at the same time his spell of 

 magic to blast the fertility of that land. Or he will take a 

 stone and recite over it his spell, and then throw the stone 

 across the land or water to be sterilised. It is the mana of 

 his ancestors, whom the priest invokes, that is the de- 

 structive power. The incantation to restore the good products 

 of such lands to their original state of vitality is known as 

 " pare-hao-kai." 



The following is an interesting tangi tawhiti : A female 

 relative of Piki, of Tuhoe, was bewitched by Taratoa. Piki, 

 who was at Whakatane, chaunted this tangi tawhiti in order 

 to slay Taratoa, who, with all his people, was living inland. 

 Taratoa saved himself and two relatives by means of counter- 

 charms, but the rest of his relatives died : — 



E hine, Marunui i te tapui 



Ka taka i ou tuakana 



Tu ake hoki, e hine ! I te tu wharariki 



Hai whakakakara mo hine ki te moenga 



Te moenga te whita, te moenga te au 



Oti tonu atu koe ki raro — e — e 



Taupae atu ra i tua o Te Wharau — e hine ! 



Ka wehe ko te po, ka wehe ko te ao i a koe 



Tokona atu ra ki tawhiti 



He tokouri, he tokotea, he mapuna, he kai ure 



Kai ure noa ana, e hine ! 



Nga tohunga i nga atua kia mate 



Koi tonu nga niho ki te ngau. 



Na Maui i hangarau, e hine ! 



Tana ika tapu, ko te whenua nui 



E noho nei taua 



