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did so, and laid hold with his hands on the fence which 
encircled it. Whilst Karihi was climbing up, Tawaki uttered 
this spell — 
E tu te rangi motuhia, 
E tu te rang-i pukai, 
Pukai atua ana, 
I raro i te whenua. 
Stand the severed heaven, 
Stand the heaped up sky, 
Heaped up apart 
Beneath the earth. 
His uncle slipped down, quite down to the ground, when 
Karihi came to him, he said, it was your spell which made 
me fall, otherwise I should have quite ascended. Tawaki 
denied his having uttered any ; now said he, do you remain, 
and let me try. Tawakds hand laid hold of the fence, and 
he used this charm : — 
Ascend, 
Ascend, 
Ascend, 
Ascend, 
Ascend, 
Ascend, 
Ascend, 
Ascend, 
Ascend, 
Ascend, 
Tawaki, to the first heaven : 
Tawaki, to the second heaven 
Tawaki, to the third heaven : 
Tawaki, to the fourth heaven : 
Tawaki, to the fifth heaven : 
Tawaki, to the sixth heaven : 
Tawaki, to the seventh heaven 
Tawaki, to the eighth heaven : 
Tawaki, to the ninth heaven : 
Tawaki, to the tenth heaven : 
Cling, cling, like the lizard, 
Stick, stick close to the side 
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to the ceiling, 
of heaven.* 
consent. 
consent. 
consent. 
consent. 
consent. 
consent. 
consent. 
consent. 
consent. 
consent. 
Tawaki succeeded ; he reached the sky and cut off the rope 
by which he ascended ; his uncle called to him to turn back, 
and help him to get up ; but he answered from above, 
No, you all aided in my murder ; he then went on and 
arrived at the dwelling-place of his grandmother, Waitiri, 
and came up to her ; she was blind, sitting down counting 
her seed kumara. One kumara, two kumara, &c., ten kumara 
* See Note page. 1 14. 
f It is said that Tawaki ascended to heaven by a spider’s thread. Another 
tradition states, that Waitiri uttered the spell, and Tawaki slipped down ; also 
that he ascended by means of a line of aka, which hung down from heaven. 
