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seek for kim, they could not find their dog, they searched 
from pa to pa, until at last they reached the abode of Toi ; 
they kept crying, “ moi moi ” to their dog, there at last the 
dog answered them, barking inside the stomach of Toi, — 
hau, hau, Tama and Wakaturia again moi moid, and the dog 
repeated the bark, — hau, hau. Toi firmly closed his mouth, 
but in vain, the dog still kept hau hauing from within. 
Thence arose the proverb of Toi : “ Slave, thou wert con- 
cealed in the great stomach of Toi, and yet thou dost bark, 
thou slave.” 
Tama and his brother returned to their village, they con- 
sidered what they should do to punish Toi and Uenuku. 
They left their garments by the side of the water and of the 
Tuahu, all night, all day, and all the next night, the blood 
of the Tuahu dropped upon them, an aitua or omen of blood- 
shed ; they immediately began to make stilts for Tama, and 
when they were finished he went on them, and his brother 
on foot; they arrived in the night at Uenuku's place, where 
they saw the Poroporo full of fruit, which overshadowed his 
house, Tama went on his stilts and gathered the fruit, they 
eat it ; it was late before they returned home, this was their 
practice, night after night. At last Uenuku began to won- 
der what had become of the fruit of his Poroporo tree, who 
had eaten it, he carefully examined the ground, but saw no 
foot-prints, there were only the marks of Tama's stilts, and 
he could not tell what they were ; when night came he set 
a watch, and waited a long time, at last they came, the 
watchers arose and rushed upon them, Whakaturia was 
caught, but Tama escaped. 
They carried him to the sea side, cried out, cut him in 
pieces with the tomahawk, and throw him into the water, 
Whakaturia said, I cannot be killed beside the water, you 
must carry me inland, there you will be able to kill me ; 
they agreed to his words, when they arrived inland, the 
whole tribe, the thousand of Uenuku, assembled to see 
Whakaturia put to death, they ail met together, some said 
chop him to pieces ; others no, let us bind him up in a 
mat, and suspend him from the roof of the house, for 
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