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FISHING CEREMONIES. 
Keu wea mai tc pu mai, 
Te weu mai te keuwenga mai, 
0 te matua nui, i amatua nui ra, 
Ko ia i te kewenga mai, 
0 te matua nui ra, ko ia hai. 
Soon will it be finished; 
Lift up the trunk, the root re¬ 
mains, 
The trunk leaves. 
In each pa, different individuals were appointed for the 
several karakias, one for the kumera, another for fishing, and 
so on ; when they reached the sea, and all the hooks were duly 
arranged, (being stuck in the raupo, with which the joints of 
the side plank of the canoe is covered,) the tohunga set apart 
for fishing commenced the following prayer, standing up and 
stretching out his arms :—• 
Tahuri mai, tahuri mai e Maru, 
Tahuri mai e Henga, 
Tahuri mai e Kalmkura, 
He tapatua ko i uta, 
He tapatua ko i tai, 
He tapatua Tone, 
He tapatua Tangaroa, 
Ko tapatua a te Hiri, 
Ko tapatua a te hara, 
Ko tapatua a te manuka, 
Ko tapatua a tc ngahoa, 
Ta tapatua Tane, 
Tangaroa c au ko i uta, 
E au koi tai e au Tane, 
E au tangaroa, 
Ko te au a te hiri, 
Ko te au a te hara, 
Ko te au a te manuka, 
Tena te au ka wiwi, 
Tena te au karawhe, 
Tena te au ka mou, 
Mou ki mua waka, 
Mou ki roto waka, 
Mou ki tu ta mua o Tane, 
Turn to me, turn to me 0 Maru, 
Turn to me 0 Henga, 
Turn to me 0 Kalmkura, 
Be favorable on shore, 
Be favorable on sea, 
Be favorable 0 Tane, 
Be favorable 0 Tangaroa, 
Be favorable to unloose the heart, 
Be favorable to do away with sin, 
Befavorableto take it from the mind 
Be favorable to take away headache, 
Be favorable 0 Tane (the tree, i.e. 
canoe), 
Tangaroa (sea), let thy current 
flow fair, 
Let it set in from the shore for the 
canoe, 
Let it set in seaward, 
The current is unloosed, 
The current is freed from sin, 
The current is freed from the mind, 
Behold the current is gamed, 
Behold the current is held, 
Behold the current is firm, 
Gained before the canoe, 
Gained by the side of the canoe, 
Gained beyond the canoe, 
