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ki te tiko, me tiko koe ki te papa maui.” Kae agreed to all 
this. Tini-rau afterwards charged him, when he approached 
the pa, and he shakes, you must get off, and go on shore, 
lest you chafe his belly against the bottom, and he should 
die. Kae assented, saying, Yes, I am aware of it, and will do 
as you say. He then got on the back of the pet whale, but 
he paid no attention to the directions given him, for when he 
got outside to sea, ka hiahia ia ki te mimi, ka mimi ia ki te 
papa matau, ka tiko ia ki te papa matau ; when he approached 
the shore, which is close outside the pa, Tutunui began to 
shake. Kae paid no attention, he still kept on his back, he 
chafed his belly against the bottom. Tutunui, the pet whale 
of Tini-rau was killed, the people of that pa cut him up, and 
cooked him. Tini-rau kept waiting for his return : night 
passed away, the morning also, and yet he did not come 
back; at noon, the tonga or N. E. wind arose, and brought 
the smell of the ovens to his nose. Tini-rau cried in his 
sorrow, the fragrance of Tutunui is wafted from haruru atea, 
(a place of Hawaiki). From that time, from the death of 
Tutunui, the heart of Tini-rau became dark. He exclaimed, I 
must have Kae for my revenge. After many nights’ thought, 
he said to his wife and to the women of his place, Go and fetch 
Kae; the women answered, We don’t know him. Tini-rau 
replied, You will find him out by his teeth; but, they said. 
How shall we be able to see them ? Play some silly game, was 
the reply. Enough, the women agreed; they got into their 
canoe, and paddled away. When they reached the pa, they 
entered the house where Kae lived. They found that tutau, 
or singing in turns, he whae (cats’ cradles), he haka (singing 
with gestures), and he waiata (songs), were the amusements of 
the evening. But Kae did not laugh. They inquired, What 
is the haka that will make him laugh ? They at last found the 
puapua, the waitoremi, the anaana. They sung the waitoremi : 
he laughed. They saw the hollow space, Kae had lost his 
front tooth ; this was sufficient, they gave over. They re¬ 
peated this rotu,* or charm, to send him to sleep:— 
* The rotu is a potent spell to throw a person into a deep sleep; the same 
word is used in Tahaiti for prayer. 
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