PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION G. 631 
in honour of the gods. This was done by them as mouth-pieces 
of the tutelar divinities. For others to keep the calendar was a 
sin against the gods, to be punished with hydrocele. It was even 
thus of old in the Tahitian and Society Groups. Very 
appropriately, the calendar printed in Ellis’ book is said to have 
been derived from Pomare, the sovereign of that day. Of course, 
this fact is a guarantee for its correctness. 
I.—Kings of Rarotonga, as given by the “wise men” of Makea 
and Tinomana in r869. 
1. Makea Karika, father of ... Makea-the-terrible. His wife was Ina- 
nui-i-te-rangi = Ina-the-Great-and-Heavenly. 
2. Makea Putakitetai ... Makea-lord-leading-captives. 
3. Makeaiteau ... .. Makea-the-peaceful. 
4. Makea noo marie . Makea-the quiet. 
5. Makea puretu (= eee Makea-the-handsome. 
6. Makea peau rango ... Makea-of-fly-like-wings, i.e., swift to 
execute his purpose. 
7. Makea teko nako ... Makea-the-ubiquitous (literally, “ hi- 
ther, thither. 
8. Makea te taiti ... ... Makea-the-fisherman. 
9. Makeateratu ... ... Makea- ot tas— 
tira. 
10. Makea Rongo-oe Makea - Rongo- of -the-paddle. But 
usually known as Te ariki ape tini = The- -king-with-many- 
faults. Until his reign there was at Rarotonga but one king, 
whose united and powerful tribe was named “ Takitumu,” or 
* All-destroying.” A warrior, maternal uncle to Rongo-oe, 
named Takaia, split the tribe into two hostile camps. Rongo-oe 
remained king over the smaller or doomed portion, which took 
the name of ‘“‘ Puaikura’’ at Arorangi. Makea’s portion was 
named “Te au o- Tonga” =‘ The-Tongan-kingdom,” and 
remained at Avarua, retaining the family marae “ Araitetonga” 
= “ The-Tongan-Mediator ” (or ‘*‘ Warder-off-of-Tongans ”’). 
11. Makea teina oe ... Makea-the-younger-brother. 
12. Makea tumu pu ... ... Makea-of-the-(royal)-conch-shell. 
13. Makea tinorei_... ... Makea-of-the-handsome-person. 
14. Makeatariua ... ... Makea-the-dilatory. 
15. Makea potiki ae ... Makes-the-youngest (a term of en- 
dearment). 
16. Makea manguneu ... Makea-the-thunderer. 
17. Makea taik ix .... Makea-of-the-spear. 
* To be distinguished from ra sun. It is merely an abbreviation of 
“tira” mast.’ Because the first syllable is dropped, the nee 
one (ra) is lengthened (ra). In New Zealand, “mast” is “tiratu” 
“the mast that stands up” (masts were set up or lowered at pleasur Sia 
