the New Zealanders. 
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On a subsequent occasion, all tlie brothers went a fish¬ 
ing as before: the other brothers were busily employed 
in fishing, while the younger one sat still and did nothing, 
as he had heretofore been wont. Again he was asked 
when he was going to catch some fish for himself, and 
he replied in much the same language as he had pre¬ 
viously done. Threatenings were again had recourse to, 
but they had no effect upon young Mani; he sat still very 
quietly until his brothers had done fishing ; he then took 
the fish-hook from under his garment, which he had made 
of the jaw-bone of his grandfather, and not having a bait 
ready at hand, he took a part of his own ear (which, 
however, some deny), and baiting his hook with this, he 
cast it into the sea ; and finding something very 
heavy attached to it, he called to his brothers and asked 
them to guess what he had caught, while it was still in 
the water. They mentioned several kinds of fish, but 
not having hit upon the right, he repeated his solicita¬ 
tions a second time, requesting them to try and find out 
what was attached to his hook. They named several 
other kinds of fish, but failed in discovering the object of 
their search. He requested the exercise of their thoughts 
a third time also; when, having again failed,> he said 
Hahawhenua (searching for land) was the fish he had 
caught; and pulling hard at that moment the land came 
in sight, the canoe grounded, and the hills were imme¬ 
diately seen. Taupiri, a high hill on the banks ol the 
Waikato River, was the first land that is said to have 
come into view, though the canoe is said to have grounded 
at a place near the East Cape, called Apuriri, where it 
is now to be seen with four men in it. The fish-hook 
also with which the island w T as fished up is to be seen 
somewhere in the vicinity of the East Cape. I he canoe 
being high and dry on shore, the brothers had no spirit 
left in them: of what became of them little or nothing 
