CoLENSO. — On a Remarkable Cavern at Tolaga Bay. 147 



226. He tangata tunu huruhuru ! 



One who roasts (his bird or rat) with its feathers or hair on. 

 Both said of a hasty quarrelsome person. 



227. Ka kata a Kae ! ^= Kae laughs. 



Sure to be said when a cross person smiles ; or when a person discloses 

 unintentionally his thoughts. Derived from their old legends,* 



228. Whakawaewae ivha ! 



Make (thyself) four legs (first) ! 

 Used, ironically, to a person who boasts of what he can do. 



229. Nga huruJmru o oku tvaewae = Hairs of my legs. 



Used reciprocally : (1) By a cliief, of his tribe and followers ; and (2) 

 by them of him, by merely changing the pronoun oku to 07m. In this latter 

 sense I have known it to be used beautifully and with great effect. 



230. Ka rua hoki ! = Twice also ! 



Meaning : Thou hast just said the contrary ; two (opposite statements) 

 indeed ! 



231. Naana ki miui = He began it. ■ 



A sentence of great service formerly, in relating quarrels, etc., and 

 always highly exculpatory. 



232. He kowhatu koe? and. He hiri koe ? 



Art thou a stone ? and, Art thou a dog ? 

 Used, generally, interrogatively, by way of prohibition, disapproval, etc., 

 but, sometimes, with care, indicatively. 



233. He kaakaa ! 



A small bit of food for a journey. Lit. A parrot's morsel for its flight. 

 The old Maoris said, that the parrots always carried with them in one 

 claw a small stone which they constantly nibble. 



234. He marutuna /=Bruised or squashed eels ! 



Said of any person or thing, ugly, displeasing, or repulsive. 

 285. He kupu matangerengere ! 



A harsh or disagreeable word, sentence, or speech. Lit. A word 

 (having a) hideously ulcerated face. 



Aet. Vni. — A few Remarks on a Cavern near " Cook's Well,'" at Tolaga 



Bay, and on a tree (Sapota costata), found there. 



By W. CoLENSo, F.L.S. 



\_Read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute, 8th September, 1879.] 



In reading Professor Von Haast's address to the Philosophical Institute of 



Canterbury, New Zealand, + which contains a full account of some " pecu- 



* See Grey's Polynesian Mythology, p. 90. f Trans. N. Z. Inst., Vol. X., pp. 37-54, 



