12 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



Rua koiwi 



Haere ra i te po uriuri 



I te po tangotango 



I te wherikoriko 



Ka kai koe ki to matua e tu nei 



Mihia mai te tere nui 



te atua e patu nei 



Tua mai te ora i tua 



Koia nga atua e patu nei 



Haere i tua, haere i waho. 



Ko uru koe e patu nei 



Haere i tua, haere i waho 



Haere i te maramatanga 



Atua nui koe 



Haere i tua, haere i waho 



Haere i te rangi nui e tu nei 



Haere i te papa e takoto nei 



Mahihi ora 



Whakaarahia mai te kauae o te mate 



Ara mai te tiau o te ora 



Kahu ana te tangata e patu nei 



Haere i tua 



Haere i te hau o tua, o waho, o te ora 



Koia, 



Koia nga tapu nei 



Koia nga mate nei 



Koia nga atua nui e patu nei 



E ara kahukura i te rangi nei 



Haere nga atua whiu 



Haere nga atua ta 



Haere i tua 



Haere i nga koromatua 



Mahihi ora 



Ki te whai ao 



Ki te ao marama 



Ko rou ora. 



The tohunga and his patient then return from the stream, 

 and the rite is performed to remove the tajju from them, 

 during which the patient holds a dead coal taken from the 

 sacred oven. 



Disease Gods. 



The mediaeval physician and the astrologer of old believed 

 that an intimate association existed between the heavenly 

 bodies and those of men. The various organs of the human 

 body were supposed to be governed by certain stars and 

 planets of the Zodiac. Thus the heart was held to be in 

 sympathy with the elements of the sun, the brain with the 

 moon, the lungs with Mercury ; or, according to one ancient 

 physician, "Leo governeth the heart and causeth it to become 

 afflicted; Cancer governeth the chest and lungs." The Maori 

 regarded the stars as the aria (likeness, form of incarnation) 

 of the gods; they were born of Tangotango and Wainui, and 

 are the grandchildren of Eangi and Papa. The moon and sun 

 are the elder brothers, the stars the younger brethren. "All 



