518 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. 



Tun takake oi taura te kerunga taku oku tutuhinga tanku rnato kapi- 

 piri te hetun tan aranga noi ruga vake noi runga. 



Maruaua ka keire mana mabakine mauaira taake. Te kerunga taku 

 oko te tukinga taku mata inata ka pipiri te ketu tau avanga no iringa 

 vake-vake. No iri uga vake rei manana kakinie E te mai ran o tun e 

 katan, ra, ka piapiri ra e te maraioturi e kakapurae kakakpiri e kako- 

 notake mate aa tapu onote ariiki no Manana kakiue no Mauanatake a 

 nirainai te rangi kai a ku ia uniika uri te kainu tokotokona to rau e 

 nui a tapu te tai nate ariiki. E. kopu a ia e tapu te tai no te tapa iru 

 e kore kaukau a ia hakarua tau kapa tau kaiugok i te an mata keuna, 

 mariunga te kou i te an matakeune mariunga te bouga ma tau arapeka 

 koa mai iakeko iti biti aura biti apauoko bue taka baabaaruatau kape 

 tau kai ugotopiria tainu ara te uaua na Heke i kai te hunue kura te 

 naboapu, pue batataka i te an mata mo tara baieka i te peka akatau 

 o miruiiga te bouuga mo tara baieka. Panga tiorei nuku boro papa 

 tara naeaki i te pou tuu. Panga te orei nuku boro papa boake mataue 

 uake tabau te nauai e obo te nauai e rai te nauau nauai kino noho ava- 

 ava tauake te kete irnuga te niu ei ia boa ko ni ni ei ia boa o Rionou 

 tona koake matoue uake te nauai e obo te nauai e rai te uauai nauai 

 nauai kino nobi ava ava taua kate kete iringa te niu baamatna nauai 

 kiuo katangi'te moko-moko uri katangi te inoko-inoko tea kobao kopi- 

 rieuta moko-moko uri ua moko-moko tea takaia raugi kakae boki i te 

 atua. Mobao baruru vai e kakibinga ma te tougakapitia rangi moko- 

 moko uri moko moko tea kobao kopirie atua mamairi kauaba itu atimo 

 eae aruarua vori kabibiua mo te Tonga kabubinga ma te Tonga nui 

 kahinga i tongarou kapitia rangi moko moko uri moko-moko tea prubo 

 kaualia uri korueiba Haugaroa a Timeo eae e te Raki ete roroe taua 

 erua aaku maun. 



Hakarongo noa i te reo o te moa e vai-vai mabaui ia ure roroi renga 

 aba iko uei e te akiue ariikie ouku ika na kio i variinariaria kopue kara 

 koe e rara a eau i te taura kiku raverave a biro kai te teri hepo e tao 

 koe boki uapa te ingoa taua ika ko mumu maranga ugaiatu ko pepbu 

 ko pepetaugi. ko pepetangi taravi tavi. ko pepetangi tava taravi tava 

 e hakanui koe ki te eku koe ki te kapua. Tnu kitu kare ka more koe 

 kapai tue. 



ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF APAI TRADITION. 



Mokouakuta, tke ckief of a powerful clan, wken about to make war 

 to revenge tke deatk of one of kis relatives, wko had been killed by 

 treacbery, summoned Tiuio, the builder of fowl-bouses, and ordered 

 him to construct on tbe windward side of tbe bouse of Tecbo, tbe 

 fisherman, a fowl-bouse of one bundred cresent-sbaped stakes. It was 

 ordered tbat of tke fowls captured in tbe war tbose witb long tail- 

 feathers, and tbe wbite ones, sbould be reserved and sent to this bouse 

 for safe-keeping. 



Tke warriors of tke clan assembled promptly at tke council-fire with 



