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same to him. He went away out on the sea ; then his mother chaunted 

 the following charm — 



From whom (is this) canoe ? 



From whom (is this) canoe? 



From me, mine ; 



From Urumaangiangi,* 



From Taramaangiangi. 



The cunning snares of Eeif 



(Are) as nothing at all ! 



The canoe glides fleetly. 



Let the scowling winds coming hither J 



Be all stayed. 



Pass through space ; 



Pass through weather ; 



Pass through billows : 



Lo ! the earth glides by ! 



Sail on to the nice landing ; 



Now beached nicely — so ! 



A canoe lightly passing over waves ; 



The doing — away, there, 



(I am) beholding here with satisfaction. 

 Onwards the lad sped ha his canoe, away, away, until at last he reached 

 the very place where his father dwelt. Jumping ashore he dragged up his 

 canoe, and hid it under the gravel of the heach. Then it was that the young 

 folks of the village came running down to where he was, each exclaiming, 

 " My slave ! My slave ! " and so he was seized and led up to the village, 

 each boy and girl, and also each one of the adults, claiming him with much 

 clamour and gestures. In the end, however, he became the property of a 

 very small boy (who also was the son of Tautiui's father), who ran off with 

 great glee to his father, shouting as he went, " 0, sir, behold ! Here is my 

 new slave ! " The father was greatly pleased at the good luck of his little 

 son, and said to him, " Take him away to the little bush (or wood) to dwell." 

 One day, soon after this, the boys of the place went as usual to tlieu* play, 

 some for the catching of small birds, some to the sailing of little canoes, and 

 others to the many various games and sports of children. Tautini, however, 

 went away into the forest, whence he brought back two birds exactly similar 

 to those very two which he was made to hunger after when in the womb of 



* Observe the change of her name by dropping the h (poetical usage), of which there is more 

 in the way of elision in this chaant, showing, though we cannot perceive it, that the retention of 

 the letter h, even in a proper name, was offensive to the nice discriminating ear and cadenced 

 rhythm of the Maori. Bearing in mind the literal meaning of the woman's name, White-and-thin- 

 looks {or hair), these two lines — four and five— may well and literally mean from (her possessing) 

 white and thin locks above ; from (her possessing) white and thin locks below, 

 t A name of one of the malevolent superhuman ones of old 

 X Those raised by adverse malevolent beings, 



