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RELIGIOUS WORSHIP. 
A charm to raise the wind : — 
Han nui, 
Han roa, 
Han titi parerarera, 
Keria te tupairangi, 
Moi, moi, 
Lond wind, 
Lasting wind, 
Violent whistling wind, 
Dig up the calm reposing sky, 
Come, come. 
Another, called Wangaihau, feeding the wind : — ■ 
Hikitia mai, taua kai 
Ki Uenga a te rangi tana kai, 
Kai, kai mai hn ngaro Ron- 
gomai, 
Heke iho i te rangi tana kai, 
A charm for a burn : — 
I wera i te aha ? 
I wera i te ahi, 
Ahi a wai, 
Ahi a Manika, 
Tikina mai wakahorahia, 
Hei mahi kai ma tana, 
Wera iti, wera rahi, 
Wera kia raupapa, 
Maku e waka ihi, 
Malm e waka mana, 
Lift up his offering, 
To Uenga a te rangi his offering, 
Eat, 0 invisible one, listen to 
me, 
Let that food bring yon down 
from the sky. 
It was burnt with what ? 
It was burnt with fire, 
Fire from whom, 
Fire from Mauika, 
Fetch me some fire, spread it out 
As a food dresser for ns two, 
Little burn, great burn, 
Burn be coated with skin, 
I will make it grow, 
I will make it effective. 
In worshipping or uttering their karakias, different ways 
were adopted, when an offering was made, it was held up 
by the tohunga above his head, whilst he uttered his karakia, 
and waved it about ; this was called He Hirihiringa atua. 
In the south, where a small kind of image was used, about 
eighteen inches long, resembling a peg, with a carved head, 
He waka pakoko rakau 9 the priest first bandaged a fillet 
of red parrot feathers under the god’s chin, which was 
called his pahau, or beard, this bandage was made of a 
certain kind of sinnet, which was tied on in a peculiar way, 
called kaka ; when this was done, it was taken possession 
