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for that purpose, so he and his friends — a large party — went together. On 

 arriving at the forest in the way they made a nice easy carriage for the 

 woman, to carry her in on their shoulders. This they took along with them ; 

 and when at last they got jiear to the village to which they were going they 

 left the shoulder- carriage there, and proceeded to the residence of the woman 

 and her husband, whose name was Tuhauanu. On seeing the party of 

 welcome strangers coming the man and his wife loudly welcomed them to 

 then* village with the common national cry of, " Come hither ! come hither ! " 

 So the travelling party entered the big house and sat down, and all wept 

 together through joy, which over they performed their usual nasal saluta- 

 tions. The woman then busied herself in preparing food for the strangers, 

 and, when it was cooked, they ate. The repast over they rose to return to 

 their own place, and the woman also went out in the usual way to give them 

 the last parting words, " Go, go in peace," the travelling party replying, 

 " Dwell, dwell in peace in thy own home." But when they were pretty near 

 to the shoulder-carriage they caught up the woman and placed her in it to 

 carry her off. Then they called loudly to her husband, " Thy wife is gone, 

 being taken forcibly away." On hearing this he took up his own nice dog's- 

 hair mat garment and went after the woman, crying out, " Go along, but go 

 gently." He pursued and overtook the woman, and they wept and mourned 

 together. When that was over he took his nice garment and spread it over 

 her. Behold here two exceedingly excellent things performed by that man, 

 Tuhauanu : — his yielding up his wife, and also his giving her his own choice 

 chief's garment ! The woman's name was Te Ihikooterangi, and she became 

 the wife of Tuwhakairiora. She bore to him seven childi-en, and these are 

 their names : Te Aowehea, Mariuterangi, Te Eakaao, Te Eangitaupopoki, 

 Tuhorouta, Tinatoka, and Kirianu. Of all that chief's family these following 

 are the names of those who were highly spoken of, and became the common 

 boast — namely, of the first wife, Tuterangikawhiu and Wehiwehi ; of the 

 second wife, Te Aowehea, Tuhorouta, and Tinatoka, — these being continu- 

 ally called and spoken of approvingly, day after day, as the noble offspring 

 of Tuwhakauiora. Hence, too, the first wife, Euataupare, became greatly 

 displeased, and was filled with shame on hearing her childi-en always spoken 

 of as those of her husband, and bearing only his name, while her own name 

 was never once uplifted, but utterly disregarded. So she commanded a 

 canoe to be got ready, and she was paddled to Tokomaru, the place of her 

 own tribe. Arriving there she was ridiculed and mocked by all the people, 

 on account of her hurt (for which she also underwent severe sm-gical opera- 

 tion). All this made her very wretched, and she wept over her unhappy 

 situation. Then she said to her brother, " Wilt thou not go to see our 

 grandchild, that he may come hither to visit us ? " So her brother went to 



