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and he was turned into a dog.*' Maui left him, and 
returned to the village. His sister asked him, where is your 
brother-in-law ? Maui replied, he is there taking care of 
our fish. His sister went and called Irawaru, Irawaru, Ira- 
waru (his second name was Ivooa); she returned, and said 
lie is not there. He inquired, did you go as far as 
the canoe ? She said, yes. Maui then bid her return and 
call moi, moi (the usual way of calling a dog). The woman 
went, and when she arrived at the canoe she cried moi, moi, 
and behold Irawaru ran up to her; the tail was turned into 
the head, and the head into the tail. The woman returned 
to her brother: when she came to Maui she said, why have 
you acted in this way to your brother-in-law, to turn him into 
a dog ? Maui replied, because he eat our baits like one. Thus 
Irawaru became the father of the dog, which being descended 
from a god was considered sacred. 
Soon after this, he finished making his fish-hook, which is called 
“ Tuwhawhakia te rangi .”f The face of it is named Muri ranga 
wlienua. His brethren again went to the sea in their canoe, 
which is called the Riu o Mahui. Maui went on board, but 
remembering his former conduct, they would not take him 
with them, but turned him out, and went to sea, although he 
continually entreated to go. No, no; you are too full of 
*In another tradition, the following is given as the incantation used by Maui 
to turn Irawaru into a dog :— 
E hau ltoe-i tai, 
E hau koe-i tai, 
Kai to atua nui, 
Kai to atua roa; 
Eo i a witi, 
Ko i a pana, 
Ko i a taratara, 
Waka hokia, waka hokia mai, 
Ekoe ki taku moi moi; 
Tautika, tautonu hoki, 
Ki to matua he mihi, 
He aroha, moi a rua. 
Bark you from the sea, 
Bark you from the sea. 
Consume you great divinity, 
Consume your long-enduring divinity; 
You pass over, 
Y r ou be thrust out, 
You be rough with hair, [ding, 
Y'ou be caused to go and return at the bid- 
My dog; 
To go straight, to go always, 
To your master, [dog. 
To fawn, to love, this is your law, my 
f According to another tradition, Aurarotuia was the name of the canoe, 
Pikiawliea the hook, Awhenga the face of it, and Ko ake, a man, the name of the 
bait. Some say, that he cut off a piece of his oar for a bait. 
