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roa te ama raa ei reira te 

 tahua parau. 



Atu ai i te taata pihei te umu, 

 ia oti taua umu ra i te pihei, 

 haere aturaa tupua i te hiti 

 o te umu a parau tana a 

 haere ai i reira. 



Teie tana parau : E na taa- 

 ta e tia i te hiti ote umu 

 nei, pirae uri e pirae tea. 

 E tu'u atu i te nu'u Atua 

 ia haere i te umu. 



Ei reira Tupua parau ai: E 

 te pape e a haere! E te 

 miti e a haere! 



Tairi hia'tura te rauti i te hiti 

 o te umu raparau faahou 

 atura te tahua. Te Vahine 

 tahura'i e po'ia te tu'u raa 

 ia o te avae iroto i te umu, 

 ei reira toa te mau taata i 

 hinaaro i te haere na roto 

 i te umu ra e haere. Ai na 

 muri iho eiaha ra te hoe 

 taata e fariu imuri; te taa- 

 ta hopea ra te tuo i te ta- 

 hua e fariu; na fariu ia, 

 mai te mea e tuo te taata 

 i ropu e fariu, tau roa te 

 taata i ropu e fariu, pau roa 

 te taata i te auahi ; na reira 

 toa ia haere no te aano o te 

 umu. 



Te i te huru o taua ohipa ra, 

 e ohipa tiaporo te tumu ia 

 i taua ohipa a Tupua ra. 



E vahine varua ino teie tona 



fire is burning brightly, and 

 the oven is very hot, the 

 sorcerer gives his assist- 

 ants charge of the fire, and 

 instructs them as to their 

 duties. 



When the flames are down, 

 Tupua approached the 

 oven, and before walking 

 upon it, he pronounced the 

 following prayer. 



"O men about the oven! 

 Piraeuri and Piraetea ! 

 Let us join the army of the 

 gods in the furnace!" 



Then, said Tupua : 



"0 water, go in the fire ! O 

 sea water, go in the fire!" 



Waving the ti leaves on the 

 border of the oven, Tupua 

 said: 



"0 Woman who puts the fire 

 in the heaven and in the 

 clouds, permit us to go on 

 foot over the oven!" 



Then those who wish to, pass 

 onto the oven, one after an- 

 other. If but one falls 

 all will be burned. The last 

 must watch the sorcerer, to 

 return when he makes the 

 sign. 



That is the way this deed, the 

 deed of the devil, is done by 

 Tupua. 



The woman called Vahine 

 tahura'i is an evil spirit. 



