30 Abstracts. 



8. Maori Numeration. 



[The following proverbs which were intended to accompany the paper on 

 " Maori Numeration," by Hare Hongi (Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xlii, p. 625), were 

 omitted owing to an oversight. — Ed.] 



Proverbs on " Ngahurit." 



Titikt Jiga/iuru, papaku iixihnru : or, 



Harvest-time, piles (of food) ; spring-time, low stocks. 



Ngahuru kei runga, ngahuni kei raro : or, 



(Sign of) tenth month above, of food-abundance below. 



Ngahuru: kura kai, ku.ra tangata : or, 



Harvest-time : wealth of foods, consequently of mankind. 



Ngahuru: tonui te kai, tonui tr tongafn: or, 

 • Harvest month : great in foods, great in mankind. 



Ironical references to those who avoided the labours of tillage : — 



Ta ke koanga, whakapiri ngahuru: or. 

 Absent at digging-time, present at harvest-time. 



Koanga, tangata-tahi : ngahuru, puta noa : or. 



At digging-time, a single friend : at harvest-time, surrounded. 



He ngahuru, he inoi : or, 



At harvest-time prayers (are heard, for a share of one's crops). 



-" Ngahuru, kai hangai ; koanga, kai aro ke: or. 



At harvest-time (you) face one's board ; at tillage-time (you) face another's 

 board. 



.John Mackay, Government l-'rinter, Wellingtoi).— 1910. 



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