TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION G. 365' 



Eakoia, at the period of his death in 1865, was about eighty- 

 years of age. He had, ere Christianity had been introduced, 

 fought in four pitched battles, besides several minor engage- 

 ments. He was accounted the best poet of his day. The fol- 

 lowing is the song, written down from his lips : — 



The Praises of Enuatadreee. 

 By Eakoia ; circa A.D. 1815. 

 Tan tama nei! Eaa rai e ! 

 Uri mai koe i te inangaro kimikimi, 

 Kia akataataa, e tau ariki. 

 E au maiku teia e ! 



Ua kau koe ia maveiiti 

 I te tapu o te ariki. 



piri tau o ange karetu o te vao : 

 E tiere rau kokovi e ! 



Tei ia oki tooku inangaro, 

 Tei pauatu naiaau. 

 E korero tuku na te metua ; 

 Akairi ake i reira e ! 



Na ara puatou, na ara kakea ; 



E motu ai to aerenga 'tu i te avatea. 



E uu maire, eaa mai o te ra e I 



E apinga ua i pukeamai, 

 Ka apai na te ao roi toka piri. 

 Ua puipai te puka 'i — 

 Ei iaaku koe, naaku rava, 



1 tu ake tau inangaro e ! 



Manea metua i tc tupu-anga i te tama 6 ! 

 Enuataurere ! Enuataurere 1 



E kaura nga Tapairu : 



Ei matareka no Enuataurere e ! 



Uamataano te tangata e, 

 Ei iaku koe e ! 



Enuataurere i te tai kura i te moana. 

 Te nunga koe i te uru o te kare i tai e t 



Aue e ! Enuataurere e ! 

 Enuataurerere e ! 



My first-born ! Where art thou? 

 Oh, that my wild grief for thee, 

 Pet daughter, could be assuaged I 

 Snatched away in time of peace. 



Thy delight was to swim. 

 Thy head encircled with flowers, 

 Interwoven with fragrant laurel 

 And the spotted-leaved jessamine. 



Whither is my pet gone — 



She who absorbed all my love — 



She whom I had hoped 



To fill with ancestral wisdom ? 



Red and yellow pandanus drupes 



Were sought out in tliy morning rambles. 



Nor was the sweet-scented myrtle forgotten. 



