136 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



Wliati ki runga, whati ki raro 



.Ma uru marara 



Pera hoki ra taku manu nui na Tane 



Ka tatau atu ki roto nuku ngaere 



Mai a whiwhia, mai a rawea 



Mai a whakatakaia 



Ka taka te huki rawea 



Koro i runga, koro i raro 



Koro i Tawhirimatea 



Ki kona hoki koe tu mai ai 



Ka hura te tamatea nunui 



Ka kura te tamatea roroa 



Te kauwaka nuku, te kauwaka rangi 



Te ai a nuku, te ai a rangi 



Te kura mai hukihuki 



Te kaweau tetere 



Kavvea a nuku, kawea a tai 



Oi ! Tumatakokiritia 



Hoatu waka ki uta 



Hoatu waka ki waho 



Ngaru hinga atu, ngaru hinga mai 



I runga te tama-wahine 



I raro te tama-tane 



Huki nawenawe 



Tenei te awa ka whakairi 



Ko irirangi te waka 



Ko irirangi te tangata. 



Such was the awa of " Te Aratawhao," which smoothed her 

 path across the great waters, and sped her on her way. 



Here followeth the ruruku of the " Aratawhao," which is a 

 spell recited in order to " bind " a vessel, to keep her sea- 

 worthy, &c. : — 



Ka timata tt ruruku <> te waka, ka rukutia te kei o te waka, me te ihu. 



Rukutia 



Rukutia te waka e haere nei 



Rukutia te kei matapupuni 



Rukutia te ihu mata pupuni o Tane 



Rukutia i te kowhao tapu niii o Tane 



Rukutia i te mata tapu nui o Tana 



Rukutia i te rauawa tapu nui o Tane 



< ) te waka c haere nei 



Tumatakokiritia 



Rei kma. rei ora 



Ri i ora te mahaki — e 



K.i turuturua, ka poupoua 



Ki tawhito o te rangi — e 



E manawa mai ao — e 



Eoatu waka ki uta. 



In regard to the return of these voyagers from the shores of 

 ll;i\\-;iiki. 'native authorities of the Whakatane district are 

 unanimous in stating thai the " Aratawhao" never returned to 

 New Zealand, but that she was abandoned or left at Hawaiki 



