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FISHING CEREMONIES. 
In each pa, different individuals were appointed for the 
several karakias, one for the kumera, another for fishing, 
and so on ; when they reached the sea, and all the hooks 
were duly arranged (being stuck in the raupo, with which 
the joints of the side plank of the canoe were covered), the 
tohunga set apart for .fishing commenced the following 
prayer, standing up and stretching out his arms : — 
Tahuri mai, takuri mai e 
Maru, 
Tahuri mai e Henga, 
Tahuri mai e Kahukura, 
He tapatua ko i uta, 
Ha tapatua ko i tai, 
He tapatua Tane, 
He tapatua Tangaroa, 
Ko tapatua a te hiri, 
Ko tapetua a te bar a, 
Ko tapatua a te manuka, 
Ko tapatua a te ngahoa, 
Ta tapatua Tane, 
Tangaroa e au ko i uta, 
E au koi tai e au Tane, 
E au Tangaroa, ' 
Ko te au a te hiri, 
Ko te au a te hara, 
Ko te au a te manuka, 
Tena te au ka wiwi, 
Tena te au karawhe, 
Tena te au ka mou, 
Mou ki mua waka, 
Mou ki roto waka, 
Mou ki tu ta mua a Tane, 
Turn to me, turn to me 0 Maru, 
Turn to me 0 Henga, 
Turn to me 0 Kahukura, 
Be favorable on shore, 
Be favorable on sea, 
Be favorable 0 Tane, 
Be favorable 0 Tangaroa, 
Be favorable at the sailing, 
Be favorable to do away with 
sin, 
Be favorable to take it from the 
mind, 
Be favorable to take away head- 
ache, 
Be favorable to Tane (the tree, 
i.e. canoe), 
Tangaroa (sea), let thy current 
flow fair, 
Let it set in from the shore for 
the canoe, 
Let it set in seaward, 
The current is unloosed, 
The current is freed from sin, 
The current is freed from the 
mind, 
Behold the current is gained, 
Behold the current is held, 
Behold the current is firm, 
Gained before the canoe, 
Gained by the side of the canoe, 
Gained beyond the canoe, 
