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on a certain day, in the early morning, a woman named Hinekai- 

 wairua went out from the door of her house, and lo ! she beheld 

 a young child lying among a heap of firewood, and she pondered 

 within her heart, saving. w ' Surely this must be the child we were 

 told would appear" ; but her hands were not laid upon it. Now. 

 the child was unlike the people of this world — it was altogether 

 different: and the woman Hinekaiwairua ran and hastened to 

 bring some cooked food as a propitiatory offering, lest the 

 apparition disappear, and she fed it with milk from her breast, 

 and it was rawea in appearance. When it grew to manhood it 

 was unlike any one else : it had a dark skin (kiriparauri), and 

 its face was quite black. The name of Rutowaikura te Wakaputa 

 was bestowed upon it ; and on arriving at adult age he took to 

 wife a woman of the land and begat children — Tamahuareka, 

 Tumatakoao, and others. 



Up to this period the garments worn by the Morions were 

 made from flax, but weaving was discontinued, and they clothed 

 bhemselves with garments made from seal-skins. But if such 

 were not obtainable, then would they plait ruais from flax, and 

 only the chiefs would wear the seal-skins. Their most highly 

 prized garments, which were also a token of rank, were of two 

 kinds, and called respectively tahei and marohara. Their orna- 

 ments were red feathers, albatross-plumes, sharks' teeth, and 

 awanga. The garments mentioned were very finely woven. Only 

 the tahei was made from carefully dressed flax, while the mar 

 hara was composed of undressed flax-leaves, the tahei being worn 

 next the skin and the marohara over it. The latter was about 

 5 yards long, and after being wrapped round the body about 

 2 yards were left, forming an apron or fringe which hung down 

 before and behind and waved to and fro with the wind, and 

 was called taputapu. When thus clothed the Morions adorned 

 bheir Eoreheads with red feathers, and wore albatross-plumes at 

 the back of the head. Inner garments of seal-skin or albatross- 

 skin were also worn. 



The following are the Morion names of the months : — 



Kongo = July 



Tab i = August 



Ketaun .i = Septeml 



Tauaropoti = October 



Wan = November 

 Nuheatakorore December. 



The names of the moon were as follows : — 



Owire Hoaru Oika 



Otere Ohua Korekoretutahi 



1 )iv. Maweru Ki rekoreturua 



Oua Outua Korekorewhakapau 



Okoro Ohotu Toi lua 



Tamatetutahi Maori Tongaroaroto 



