142 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



Another of like meaning : — 



190. Kua -pae nei hoki, te koputimga ngani ki te one. 



The white foam of the sm-f is cast up- and left on the shore. 

 Said by a woman getting grey-haired, when her husband seeks a new 

 wife. 



191. Ka tangi te pijnwharauroa, ko nga karere a Mahuru. 



The cries of the glossy cuckoo are the heralds of warmth {or spring). 

 The little cuckoo (Ciiculus lucidus) is a migratory bird, and arrives here 

 in early summer. 



192. Penei me te pijmvharauToa. 



Like the glossy cuckoo (in his actions). 

 Applied to a man who deserts his children ; as this bird (like the English 

 cuckoo) lays its eggs in another bird's nest, and deserts them. 



I give now a few (out of many) short and beautiful proverbial sayings, 

 mostly poetical, and used by the New Zealanders in their songs : — 



193. Me he korokoro tuii ! 



As eloquent as the throat of the tuii (the sweet-singing " parson- 

 bird "). 



194. Me he vianu au e kakapa ! 



I'm all of a flutter like a poor caught bird ! 



195. Me he mea ko Kojm ! 



(She is) as beautiful as the rising of the morning star ! 



196. Me he takapu araara. 



As beautiful as the silvery, iridiscent belly of the araara fish (Caranx 

 georgianus) when first caught. 

 Ancient European poets have thus spoken of the dolphin. 



197. Me he toroa ngungunul 



Like an albatross folding its wings uj) neatly. 

 Used of a neat and compact placing of one's flowing mats or garments. 



198. Me te Oturu ! 



Her eyes as large and brilliant as the full moon rising over the dark 

 hills in a clear sky. 



199. Me te rangi ka p)aruJii. 



Just like a deUghtful tranquil day ; or, a fine calm evening. 



200. Moku ano enei ra, mo te ra ka hekeheke; he rakau ka hinga ki te mano icai ! 



Let these few days be for me, for the declining sun ; a tree falling 

 through many floods of waters. 

 Meaning : Be kmd and considerate to the aged. 



Used by the old, and often with effect ; of which I knew a remarkable 

 instance that happened in 1862, when Mr, Donald M'Lean, the Land Pur- 

 chase Commissioner, paid the chief Te Hapuku, the first moneys for lands 



