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13. He tanga kakaho i kitea e te kanohi o te tangata. 
The slightest movement of the reed waving in the wind is per¬ 
ceived by man’s eye, but not that of the heart. 
14. Ka mate koe i te paoa; kahore, he kauta. 
You will be stifled with smoke; no (said ironically), it is a 
cooking shed, which makes all the difference. 
15. Ma tini mano ka rapa te wai. 
A great number will easily accomplish what a few cannot. 
16. He aha mau ma te kotahi. 
What can a single person do. 
17. Ko te uri o pani. 
The house of the orphan.—A saying for a person without family 
or friends, who has no power or influence. 
18. Kotahi te koura a wetaweta, tutakina te hiku. 
Don’t divide the cray fish, give it whole (a little thing). Simi¬ 
lar to our saying, Don’t make two bites at a cherry. 
19. Ka mau ta Maui ki tona ringaringa e kore e taea te ruru. 
What Maui has hold of he will not give up.—What is given 
cannot he taken away 
20. Here i te omanga, wai marire. 
What has been given don’t seek to get returned. 
21. Ka kotia te taitapu ki Hawaiki. 
The road to Hawaiki is cut off.—An expression used by a des¬ 
perate character who braves the laws and usages of his country. 
He has passed the Rubicon. 
22. Ko turanga o Potaka. 
Potaka was a lazy fellow, who laid in bed when others worked, 
and got up to work when they were coming away.—A saying 
for a lazy man. 
23. Ko te kai rapu, ko ia te kite. 
He who seeks finds. 
24. Ko ia kahore nei i rapu, te kitea. 
He who does not seek finds not. 
25. He koura kia we te whero. 
Spoken of a person easily overpowered.—It does not take long 
to turn a cray fish red by boiling. Another meaning, an angry 
man soon turns to fight. 
26. He aruhe kia we te papa. 
Fern root is soon cooked.—Papa, to crack or hurst as it does 
when sufficiently roasted. 
