PAPAROA, A RAPID OF THE WANGANUI RIVER. 
CHAPTER XXI. 
SEASONS— NGA TAKAPOU. 
Spring is called Te aro aro, Mahana, and Te Toru ; Summer, 
Raumati, Waru, Reh.ua; Autumn, Ngahuru, Matiti; Winter, 
Hotoke, Puanga. 
Spring is literally the season of growth, Summer is that 
of sunshine, Autumn of increase, augeo, or fertility. Winter 
that of the storm, wind, and tempest. All languages seem 
to possess equivalent terms ; zif, the name of the second 
Hebrew month, or from the new moon of May to that of 
June, signifies literally “ the splendor of flowers”; choreph, 
the name for autumn, the gathering season or time of 
harvest and fruits. In a similar way, the Maori word Toru 
signifies the shooting or springing forth of plants; so also 
the word Aroaro. Mahan a is the season of warmth, Rau- 
