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he was turned into a dog ;* Mani left him, and returned 
to his home ; his sister asked him, where is your brother- 
in-law? Maui replied, he is there taking care of our fish; 
she went and called Irawaru, Irawaru, his second name was 
Kooa; then returned, and said he is not there. He in- 
quired, did you go as far as the canoe ? she said, yes ; 
Maui then bid her go back and cry moi moi, the usual way 
of calling a dog ; the woman went, and when she arrived 
at the canoe, cried moi moi, and behold Irawaru ran up to 
her ; the tail was turned into the head, and the head into 
the tail ; when she came to Maui she said, why have you 
acted in this way to your brother-in-law, to turn him into a 
dog ? he replied, because he eat our baits like one. Thus 
Irawaru became the father of dogs, which, being descended 
from a god, were considered sacred. 
Soon after this, he finished making his fish-hook, which is 
called “ TuwhawhaMa te rangi.”-\ The face of it is named 
Muri ranga whenua. His brethren again went to the sea 
in their canoe, which is called the Riu o Mahid. Maui ac- 
companied them, remembering his former conduct, they 
would not take him, but went to sea alone, although he 
continually entreated to go. No, no ; you are too full of 
craft ; stay behind. So they left him. Some time after- 
* In another tradition, the following is given as the incantation used by Maui 
to turn Irawaru into a dog — 
E hau koe-i tai, 
E hau koe-i tai, 
Kai to atua nui, 
Kai to atua roa ; 
Ko i a witi, 
Ko i a pana, 
Ko i a taratara, 
Waka hokia, waka hokia mai, 
Ekoe ki taku moi moi ; 
Tautika, tautonu hoki ; 
Ki to matua he mihi, 
He aroha, moi a rua. 
Bark you from the sea, 
Bark you from the sea, 
Consume your great divinity, 
Consume your long-enduring divinity ; 
Y ou pass over, 
You be thrust out, 
Y ou be rough with hair, [ding, 
Y oube caused to go and return at the bid- 
My dog ; bark loud, bark long ; 
To your master fawn, 
Bestow your love, 
This is your law, my dog. 
t According to another tradition, Aurarotuia was the name of the canoe, 
Pikiawhea the hook, Awhenga the face of it, and Ko ake, a man, the name of 
the bait. Some say, that he cut off a piece of his ear for a bait. 
