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man began to think of his loss ; a moon waned and passed 
away. He called his two slaves, let ns go and track the 
child, they set off and came to the road, then said he to the 
slaves when we come to the pa of Tongameha mind yon do 
not look at it. They went on and at last reached the place; 
one of the slaves neglected the warning : he looked at it and 
Tongameha immediately plucked out his eye ; then the 
other slave and Tawaki went on and reached the dwelling 
place of Mata kerepo his great grandmother : they surprised 
the old woman, who was blind, counting her taro which 
laid in a heap before her; she counted one, two, &c., to 
ten, Tawaki took the tenth, she counted them over again, 
when she got to the ninth Tawaki took it ; again she 
counted up to the eigdith and two were gone, then the 
woman snuffed up the air and made her stomach swell out 
to swallow up Tawaki ; in her snuffing up she snuffed to- 
wards the south, but the scent did not reach her thence ; she 
then snuffed up all the breezes from the east, then from the 
west, and now she scented him and said from the wind 
which touches my skin I perceive you : from the loud 
breathing which Tawaki made, she exclaimed, truly this 
is my grandchild, Tawaki ; immediately the swelling of 
her stomach began to subside ; but if the scent had not come 
from the west he certainly would have been swallowed up by 
her. Then the woman asked him where are you going.to? 
Tawaki replied, to find my daughter ; where ? in Heaven. 
Why will you go to Heaven ? Tawaki replied, there her 
mother lives, a daughter of Waitiri matakataka. This is 
your road, take the morning- for your ascent; the man 
called his slave, cook the food ; it was cooked, it was 
ready; the man took the food of the oven; he spit upon it, and 
anointed the eyes of his grandmother, behold her sight was 
restored. The man slept soundly ; in the morning he called 
to the slave, cook food to give strength for the journey, 
when the food was finished, he went with his slave and gave 
him as a payment to the old woman ; she said, this is your 
way, hold on with your hand, climb up by the middle, and 
be sure you do not look down lest you should be giddy, 
