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Ako an ki te kowhiti, kaore 
te kowiti, 
Ako an ki te whewhera, kaore 
te whewhera, 
E kowhiti Nuku, E kowhiti 
Rangi, 
E kowhiti were were, Pna- 
pua e — hanahana e — 
tinakn ai. 
I teach how to whistle and he 
does not whistle ; I teach how 
to open ont the fingers and 
he does not open ont his ; 
Nuku whistles, Rangi whistles, 
whistle a ronnd, 0 Puapua, 0 
thon red-garment-wearing fel- 
low, obey my spell. 
he laughed, they saw the hollow space, Kae had lost his 
front tooth ; this was sufficient, they gave over, they re- 
peated this rotu,* or charm, to send him to sleep : — 
0 mata e tiromai, 0 eyes that behold, 
Nana tn wakarehua, Be yon closed in sleep, 
Tn wakamoea, e moe, Be you fast bound in sleep, sleep. 
He tried to resist its power, and placed two pieces of pearl- 
shell over his eyes, to make them think he was awake, but 
in vain, Kae could not withstand the charm, he fell fast 
asleep, he was completely overpowered, with every one in 
the house as well ; they then went and gently carried him 
on board their canoe, and paddled off with him to their 
home ; there they laid him by the pillar of the house, and 
left him to sleep. 
In the morning they heated the oven ; sow-thistles and 
other leaves were used as a wariki or covering for it, and 
food was placed in a basket by the side, they then awoke 
Kae, sir, sir, arise, although you sleep alone there, yes, 
he replied, this is my sleeping place ; come then to eat, he 
went ; Tini-rau motioned him to his place on the green 
covering of the oven ; he sat down upon it, and stretched 
out his hand to take the food, they then poured water over 
his back, the thick steam from the heated oven beneath 
immediately arose, and stifled him — Kae was dead; they 
* The rotu is a potent spell to throw a person into a deep sleep ; the same 
word is used in Tahaiti for prayer ; it too often has a similar effect elsewhere. 
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