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went and shut the door of her house ; Hutu said he must 
go, Pare followed him; when he got outside he said, stay 
you there and I will shortly return, Hutu left, and con- 
tinued fleeing away, Pare saw that he was deserting her, 
then she uttered her last words to him : go then, 0 Hutu, 
go to your home, Pare returned to her house, and having 
reached it called her servants and set her house in order, 
putting everything in its proper place, and then went and 
strangled herself. 
How when the tribe heard that their chief lady was dead 
their sorrow was very great ; they said Hutu must be the 
payment ; Hutu heard this, and went to the Pa, and said to 
her tribe, it is good, I will be the atonement for her death, 
but he told, them not to be in a hurry to bury the body of 
Pare before he returned, the tribe agreed, and he set off, 
when he reached the place of departed spirits, he saw 
Hine nui te po, and enquired which was the way down ? 
She pointed out to him the road taken by the spirits of dogs ; 
but when he gave his beautiful greenstone jewel to her then 
her heart was opened, and she showed him the proper road 
for human spirits to take ; this was the common practice of 
Hine nui te po to obtain riches ; she then cooked food for 
him, beat the fern root and put it into a basket, saying, when 
you reach the lower regions eat sparingly of your provisions 
that they may last, and you may not be compelled to partake 
of their food, for if you do you cannot return upwards again ; 
Hutu agreed to do as desired. She again said, when you 
jump down into the pitchy darkness bow your head, you 
will soon reach the bottom, for the wind from below will 
blow you along, then lift it up, and your feet will stand 
firm. Hutu carefully followed all her instructions, when he 
arrived below, he lost no time, but immediately began his 
search for Pare, he inquired after her, the men said she 
was in the pa. 
Pare heard that Hutu was there, but she would not go 
out ; then Hutu began some games, throwing the stick and 
catching the ball, but Pare took no notice, she still remained 
within ; then he tried the morere, a swing, twisting the 
