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6. In taking up the skeleton, the person whose office it 
was to exhume it walked first, the priest followed and ut- 
tered this karakia : — 
Tena te ara, te ara kaheheu This is the road, 
Te ara o tenei ara punga- This the concealed way, 
werewere, &c. The way of the spider. 
7. Haying arrived at the entrance of the cave the staff 
of the exhumer was stuck in the stones, or whatever it might 
be, and this karakia uttered : — 
Tn te rou roua, Tu the searcher, 
Roua ki whiti, Search out the bones, &c. 
Roua ki Tonga, &c. 
8. When the bones were taken up this karakia was 
said : — 
Kohikohi nga iwi o Tane Rua Gather up the bones of Tane 
nuku, Rua nuku, 
He Ariki ka whano ki te A Lord will go to the opening 
wheiao, day, to the bright world. 
Te ao marama, &c. 
9. When they were placed in the bag this karakia was 
used : 
Ko te noti, ko te noti, ko te The tying, the tying, the bind- 
here, &c. ing, the binding, &c. 
When that was finished then the former one : — • 
E Tu, e Rongo nau mai e wa whenua. 
10. Then the bearer had to bathe, when the twenty 
arrived at the dwelling-place they turned round and took 
the skeleton from his back, repeating this karakia : — 
Amio te ariki, amio i Rangi- Turn round the Lord, 
kapiti, 
Amio i Rangi Kataurua, Turn round him, 
Amio i te aotea, te peka Who has returned from Rangi 
te peka, reremai, &c. Kapiti, &c. 
Kura e Hotu te uniko i runga, 
Ka kitea te peka waka te waka hao ra o te ipo, 
end of last karakia. 
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