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into the sea to drown herself, but was washed up at a distant shore, where 

 she was found by two men, who revived her. But it seems to me that the 

 following tale belongs to a later period than that of the Maui family. 



8. Tinirau and Sin tc-itcaitca. 

 Tinirau was spoken of as the most handsome man of his time; and when 

 his fame reached the ears of Hine-te-iwaiwa she was determined to have him. 

 So she made up her mind to go to the place where lie lived. Her heart was 

 already so full of him that, as she went along the sea shore every time she 

 found a fish thrown up by the waves, she Bang, "Fish, fisl^. art not thou a 

 fish thrown here by Tinirau ?" "When she came to Tinirau's place, and before 

 she was seen by any one, she found his looking-glass wells, where Tinirau used 



to go to dress and to look at his handsome image in the water. There were 

 three wells, with railings and sheltered seats. She broke all the railings and 

 the shelter. 



Now it happened that two servants of Tinirau's house passed by the wells. 

 The name of one servant was Ruru-mahara (remembering, or intelligent owl), 

 and that of the other Ituru-wareware (forgetful, or stupid owl). When they 

 came home, Intelligent Owl said that Tinirau's looking-glass wells were broken. 

 Tinirau, upon hearing this, asked for the particulars. Stupid Owl said, "I 

 saw nothing broken; the wells are all right." "But they are broken," said 

 Intelligent Owl, "I have seen it." "I saw nothing broken," said Stupid Owl. 

 Then Tinirau said he would go and see for himself. 



When he came to the place, there stood Hine, by the broken wells. She 

 darted a Hash of lightning at him; he darted a flash of lightning at her; and 

 then they fell in love with each other, and sat clown together and talked of 

 love. When they had sat 

 - ; No," she replied," "let us stay here." "But we have nothing to eat here," 

 aid he. Then she chanted 



''Let down, let down! drop down, drop down! ' 



and there lay a heap of food by their side. Toward evening, when the air 

 began to feel chilly, Tinirau said again, "Let us go home." "No," said she, 

 " let us stay here." But the night is chill, and we have no warm clothes 

 here." Again she chanted — 



"Let down, let down! drop »wn, drop down!" 



and there lay a heap of warm clothes by their side. 



Tinirau had two wives at home. The name of one was Makai-atua-uriuri, 

 and that of the other Makai-atua-haekae. When Tinirau did not come home, 

 the wives, next day, sent the two servants to look for him. When th 



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