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He karakia mo te kuku kia ma ai te hinu kia imi ai tahuna ki 

 te kapura ko te karakia tenei. 



Ka tahuna ka tahuna te ahi tapu e Tiki ka ka i te ata tapu e 

 homai e homai e Tiki e hinu e ka ki koe he wai kuku ka ki koe 

 he wai ruru ka ki koe he wai kaka ka ki koe he wai pitoitoi ka 

 ki koe he wai piraka raka ka ki koe he wai tuna ko te puna 

 i wea ko te puna i rangi riri homai kia ringia. 



Literal Translation. 



A Prayer, that the Pigeon may be pure, that it may be very fat : 

 when the fire burns the prayer is said. 



When (it) is lighted, when (it) is lighted the sacred fire, oh Tiki ! 

 when it burns on the sacred morning : oh give, oh give, oh Tiki, 

 the fat : it burns for thee, the fat of the pigeon ; for thee, the fat 

 of the owl; for thee, the fat of the parrot; for thee, the fat of the 

 flycatcher; for thee, the fat of the thrush : a water of eels : where 

 is its spring ? the spring is in heaven : sprinkle, give ! be it poured 

 out. 



A prayer regarding the native rat is as follows : 



He karakia kiore maori. 



Kia haeremai ai ki te poka kia mate ai Taumaha kirunga, 

 taumaha kiraro ki taku matua wahine i ki ai taku kiore ma te reke 

 taumaha taumaha Etakate po e taka ki tu hua e taka te ao e taka 

 ki karewa i tutu ai he kiore. 



That connected with the calabash is 



He karakia hue kia hua ai. 

 A Prayer that the Calabash may be fruitful. 

 He aha taku takano he turu taku kakano he rakau nui taku 

 kakano moe mai ra taku tokoto mai ra koutou koa u Tamariki 

 hua kiwi huahua moho te homai te ringia ki te kawekawe o pu te 

 hue. 



In their dealings with Europeans they are eager 

 for everything the latter consume, with the excep- 

 tion of spiced and acrid articles : they have an aver- 

 sion also to distilled spirits. With some, however, 



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