120 Transactions. — Miscellaneous . 



Here is anotlier : — 



37. To kaha kei te kakii, kara'petau tonu ! 



Thy strength is in thy throat, for ever swallowing greedily. 



38. He mouinou kai ma Te Whataiwi picku ngakengahe ! 



It's waste of food to give it to big-bellied Store-up-bones. 



Two peculiar terms are to be noted here : — 1. The figurative ha we given 

 to the person, Whataiwi, i.e., one who puts by dry bones (including fishes' 

 heads, etc.) for himself on a platform for storing food ; and, 2. The ludic- 

 rous term (not the common one) for big belly, i.e., the loose hanging bag of 

 a large sea-net ! 

 89. He More tahutahu ! 



An often singed tail ! 



Used for an idle fellow. Taken from a lazy dog lying before the fire 

 and getting its tail repeatedly burnt. 



N.B. The tail of the ancient Maori dog had very long hau-, which was 

 of great value to its master for clothing and ornament, but when singed 

 was useless ; and might therefore be killed for food. 



40. Kei te raumatt ka kitea ai e hoe te tujni. 



Wlien summer comes you will find it by its sprouts. 

 Spoken ironically to a person who will not exert himself to find a lost 

 thing, etc. 



41. E noho, tena te au o Hangitaiki hei kaive i a koe. 



Sit on idly, doing nothing, there are the rapid currents of the river 

 Kangitaiki to carry thee along. 

 Used to a lazy fellow who ceases paddling the canoe. 



42. He Imanga hi Matiti, he tama hi Toherau. 



In the planting season merely a relative ; at harvest time a son 

 (or, eldest son). 



43. He hooanga tangata tahi, he ngahuru puta iwa. 



At planting time, helpers come straggling singly ; at harvest, all 

 hands come from everywhere round. 

 Lit. — to show its terseness — At planting, single-handed ; at harvest, all 

 around. 



Here is a similar one, which was a favourite saying of the late chief 

 Te Hapuku : — 



44. Hoa piri ngahuru, taha hee ramnati. 



Friends stick to you in harvest, but fall off in summer — the season 

 of scarcity and work. 

 Very like our English proverbs, " Prosperity makes friends, adversity 

 ti'ies them ;" "The rich man has many friends." 



