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in the centre—one from the top, one from the left side, and one from the 
base. The figure resulting is Turuturu a Maui . 
18. A takes the double string going from centre to left side string on 
back of forefinger, raises it over the top string, hooks that string in crook 
of forefinger, and releases the double string and the left top corner, holding 
that corner again on the loop slipping past. (There is now a double-stringed 
Y in the centre of the figure, the two arms being continued in double strings 
that loop downwards over the top string to the left and right side strings 
respectively.) The figure resulting is RuaumoJco (Ru who causes earth¬ 
quakes). 
Ru is the central Y ; and if the limb be taken between forefinger and 
thumb and moved up and down, Ru, the earthquake-god, is represented 
shaking the earth. 
19. A takes the top string between the arms of the Y and releases 
the top left corner, taking it up again as the left arm of the Y slips 
to the left side. The figure resulting is Te kumekume. 
20. A slips loop along bottom string to the right, the bottom right 
corner being released as the loop slips by, then held again. A slips 
loop down left side to bottom, the bottom left corner being released 
as the loop slips by. Draw taut, when a double string extends ver¬ 
tically near the right between the top and bottom strings, and two 
loops extend between this and the right side string, the lower loop 
being half-way up the side. This is the final figure of Te ara pikipiki 
a Tawhaki. 
The lower horizontal loop is Tawhaki ; and when he had climbed a 
little higher he threw off his clothes to reach rangi tuatahi, the first heaven. 
Then he fell, his red eyes, or his blood, appearing upon earth in the rata- 
blossom. 
— Ruaumoko. Set up by Rangi-ua and his wife, Whaare-mutu, from whom 
it was learned by the author, who is on the right. 
Fig. 20. 
