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RITES AND CUSTOMS RELATING TO THE DEAD. 
1] . Then the bag was placed on the ground : — 
Tukua Rangi ko ta taua mea, &c., 
0 Heaven release our common property. 
12. Then the bundle was untied, and this said : — 
Ko Ruru maweti, ko Ruru mawete, 
Ko mea irikura iri toro. 
13. Then the bones were anointed with oil. 
Homai he hinu tapeka lmra Rakeia 
Ki te hau, tapeka kura, homai o 
Taonga tapeka kura, &c. 
14. Then they made the canoe, repeating its proper 
karakia 
To waka, whaka tere tere, to waka uakina, Ranga mai hea te 
taka pau tukua iho, &c. 
Thy canoe, thy swift canoe, &c. 
Mo te whaka ngoi ngoi. For the making strong. 
Kei to kakahu ra, ko te hara, kei to heru ra ko te hara, uru 
atea, uru wetea wetea te whiwhi. 
15. And, lastly, raising the canoe on the pole : — 
Tena te ara, te ara ka iri, te ara o Tane, 
Tane i te Pu, Tane i te waka, Tane i te Tamore, 
Tangaroa hakehake, Tena te ara. 
When the person- was at the point of death the legs were 
bent, and the body rolled up in its garment, and placed in a 
sitting posture. 
After it had been properly prepared it was laid in state 
for a certain time, when the usual wailing had taken place, 
the corpse was carried to its grave, or placed in the fork of 
some tree, and the party returned. Having reached the 
water a pole was stuck in it for the dead, and the priest 
uttered the following prayer : — 
Plant food for Hades, or night, Toko kai mo te Po, 
The great night, &c., Te po nui, 
Te po roa, 
Te po uri uri, 
Te po tango tango* 
The long night, 
The long, long night, 
The night to be touched, 
