PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION G. 635 
this primary ghostly function, many other important duties 
devolved upon these royal personages (see “Myths and Songs,” 
page 293, &c.). 
T derived the following information (under promise of secrecy) 
many years ago from my late valued friend, King Numangatini. 
These lists are the most accurate now obtainable ; some points, 
however are disputed. The kingly office was hereditary ; ; never- 
theless the investiture rested with “the lord of Mangaia” for the 
time being. A father might be set aside in favour of his eldest 
son, or one brother in favour of another, for special reasons ; but 
still it must be the same blood divine (as it was believed to be). 
The shore king was not unfrequently an illegitimate child of a 
great interior king. All kings were ex-officio high priests of Rongo 
(=ara pia o Rongo), tutelar god of Mangaia. 
Succession 07 Kings defending the Interior (= Te au ariki pa uta). 
1. Rangi ae coe Shae 
2. Te-akatauira-ariki ... The-arrived-king. 
3. Te.mata-o-Tangaroa ...  The-face-of-Tangaroa. 
4, Te-upoku-rau... ... Two-hundred-heads. 
5. Rua-ika I. ...  Fish-hole i. Slain by Ngauta, when for 
the first time “ lord of Mangaia.” 
6. Rau-ue ... Gourd-leaf. Son of the shore king Vae- 
rua-rau. The drum of peace for the Jast (seventh) “lordship ” 
of Ngauta (enjoyed by Terea) was beaten by Rau-ue over the 
body “of Inangaro. 
7. Poa-iti 5 ... Small-scale. Reigned in the days of 
Neangati. 
8. Te-ao I. fe ... Day I. Reigned in the days of Mautara. 
9. Rua-ikall.  ..:. ... . Hish-hole IT. 
10. Te-tipi ee .. The cutting (7.e., slaughtering). 
11. Te-ao II. .. Day II. Died a.p. 1829. Professed 
Christianity. 
12. Nu-manga-tini Palm-of-many-branches (purely allego- 
rical). Reigned from A.D. 1821 till his lamented death in 1878. 
13.4 Ioane Terego ... ... John Trego, sox of Numangatini 
14. ( Davida-iti bs ... David-the-younger, grandson of Numan- 
gatini. 
(Reign jointly now by will of the late king). 
Succession of Kings defending the Shore (= Te au ariki pa tat). 
DF! US .. Sew. From Rarotonga. 
2. Tama-tapu... Sacred son. Son of preceding. Some say Te-pa 
= The-defender, who was born on “the sacred sandstone” (te 
kea inamoa). 
Sy) \YERe Ie tac .. Beginning. Vari was sister to Te-pa. 
