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Rangahua. Then Ruatapu cried out, ‘Go thou, swim away to land; and 
note well, if I am lost here, then thou wilt surely know that I am not 
descended from our father ; but if I escape from this calamity, then, verily, 
I am from our father. Go thou on; let the crowded parties of the summer 
season ever remember me, that I am also there, (I) shall not be hidden. 
When the squid and the jelly-fishes shall have reached the sandy beaches 
(in the summer season), then look out, I am but a little way behind them, 
going also towards the shore. Go on, swim away, proceed thou to the 
land; those who should be the survivors from this wreck (are) become as a 
pile of slain in a day of bloody battle. This is another word of mine to thee, 
Let Kahutuanui have the striking-up of the song, so that when (ye), the 
ample broad-chested, may be sitting closely together in a row by the side of 
the fire,* it shall be sung in parts,—in fruitful seasons and in unfruitful 
ones,—at the times of assembling together in companies, and at the times 
of living separately (in families) ; through this I shall be ever remembered.” 
Then Paikea said, ‘‘ The tidings of our calamity shall be safely carried by 
me to our town, for I am verily descended from (those of) the sea,—Te 
' Petipeti, Te Rangahua, and Te Aihumoanat+ being my ancestors.” Here 
Ruatapu gave his last parting words to Paikea, ‘‘ Go on, swim away to land, 
to the dear old home!”’ and so saying he held up his paddle.t So Paikea 
proceeded on, swimming towards land, reciting as he went his powerful 
spell; and this was it :— 
1. “ Now shall be shown, now revealed, the vigour of the trembling heart; now shall 
be known the force of the anxious heart; now shall be seen the strength of the fluttering 
weak female heart.! 
* For the common regular diversons of the evening, when the fires were lighted in 
their large houses. 
aikea has now twice firmly asserted his descent from (beings of) the sea,—and he 
is not the first of the ancient Maori heroes who has done so. Of those four names of his 
ancestors here given by him, all are found in the Genealogical Roll (appended); but the 
first (Rongomaitahanui) and the last (Te Aihumoana) are, also, mythically known as 
ancient sea-demons (atua), and, so far, pre-historical. Paikea is also the proper name of 
a species of whale. I saw one about 34 years ago, which had been driven on shore here 
in Hawke’s Bay in a severe gale; it was very long, with a sharpish snout, and its white 
belly was regularly and closely longitudinally fluted throughout. Its appearance 
reminded me strongly of the plate of Balena boops in Rees’ Cyclopedia. 
} There is a meaning here in this action of Ruatapu which should not be overlooked. 
To retain one’s paddle (which was often highly carved and ornamented), in upsettings o 
canoes and in naval fights, was always an achievement, and a token of bravery, etc. 
Just as that of a young Spartan to retain his shield, or, in modern times, the colours, 
arms, etc. 
1The very opposite feelings are to be here understood. Also in Uenuku’s Spell, p. 7; 
and in Whakatau’s Chant, ‘Trans. N.Z. Inst.,” Vol. XIII., p. 68; and the last line of 
Songs, 1 and 4, pp. 65 and 70, l,c, 
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