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Though regarded as a god, he does not appear to have 
been generally prayed to as one ; yet he was invoked for 
their kumara crops and success in fishing. A karakia, or 
jpure } addressed to him begins as follows : 
Maui e hoea mai to heru, 
Mo nga pa tuna, 
Te heru o Maui, 
Ko i wano ai, whiti mai 
Te marama, &c., &c. 
0 Maui grant me thy eel-fork, for 
the eel weirs, the fork of Maui 
when the day declines and the 
bright moon shines. 
Maui is also said to have tattoed the lips of the native 
dog, which accounts for its muzzle being always black, as 
Kahui-tara tattoed the face of heaven, and made it dark, 
and also that of man.* 
* Ko ta Maui uhi, i taia ki te Kuri, ko ta te Kahuitara i taia ki te rangi, ka 
kikiwai, kairunga i taia ano hoki ki te tangata. 
A MEMORIAL IDOL OF A CHIEF SLAIN IN BATTLE. 
