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they are almost as skilful in interpreting them as Atemidorus 
himself. 
If a person dreamed of a sick relative, and imagined that he 
saw him in a very ghastly state, apparently on the point of 
death, it would be considered a sign of his speedy restoration 
to health; but if, on the contrary, he appeared to be quite 
well, that would be a sign of death. To dream of seeing the 
dead, is a sign of death to the living ; and of seeing the living, 
a sign of good. Manihera, the night before he was murdered 
at Taupo, dreamed that he saw several of his friends who were 
dead, and said to those around, he felt sure he should be 
in the Reinga himself before the next night. His interpre¬ 
tation proved to be true; that very day he was cruelly mur¬ 
dered with his companion. 
To dream of ascending a precipice to a pa on the top of a 
hill, without success, is a very bad sign, and a sure token of 
failing in whatever pursuit the person may be engaged. 
To dream of being speared, is a sign of meeting some person 
or friend. On a journey through a lonely forest, one of my 
natives dreamed that he was speared, and so general was the 
expectation of meeting some one next day, that my companions 
repeatedly hallooed, that the person who was supposed to be 
coming might hear them. 
If, in the time of war, when two parties went out against 
each other, and slept with only a little space between them, 
one should dream that he saw a kalcariki (green parrot) in the 
oven, divided into two parts, it would be a sure sign of his 
own death the next day. 
If a person dreams of another squeezing the juice of the 
tutu (coriaria sarmentosa) on the road, it is a certain sign 
that a murder will be committed; the juice of tutu being the 
same as blood. 
If you dream of a rat being caught in a trap, it is also a 
very bad sign, and a sure token of murder. 
If you dream of seeing a person’s hair singed, it is a sign 
that his head chief will die. 
If you dream that you see a person eating, who does not 
offer any portion of the food to you, it is a sign of death. 
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