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man be obtained ? Behold^ classed or fixed are gods 
of the pOy or state of night, and there are no men.’' 
Taaroa is said to have answered, Go on the shore to 
the interior, to your brother.” Hina answered, I 
have been inland, and he is not.” Taaroa then said. 
Go to the sea, perhaps he is on the sea \ or if on the 
land, he will be on the land.” Hina said, Who is at 
sea?” The god answered, Tiimaaraatai.” Who is 
Tiimaaraatia ? is he a man ?” ^^He is a man, and your 
brother,” answered the god; Go to the sea, and seek 
him.” When the goddess had departed, Taaroa rumi¬ 
nated within himself as to the means by which man 
should be formed, and went to the land, where he 
assumed the appearance and substance which should 
constitute man. Hina returning from her unsuccessful 
search for Tiimaaraatai at sea, met him, but not knowing 
him, said, ^^Who are you?” am Tiimaaraatai,” he 
replied. Where have you been?” said the goddess: 
I have sought you here, and you were not; I went to 
the sea, to look for Tiimaaraatai, and he was not. I 
have been here in my house, or abode,” answered 
Tiimaaraatai,” and behold you have arrived, my sister, 
come to me.” Hina said, So it is, you are my brother; 
let us live together.” They became man and wife 3 and 
the son that Hina afterwards bore, they called Tii. He 
was the first-born of mankind. Afterwards Hina had a 
daughter, who was called Hinaereeremonoi; she became 
the wife of Tii, and bore to him a son, who was called 
Taata, the general name (with slight modification) for 
man throughout the Pacific. Hina, the daughter and 
wife of Taaroa, the grandmother of Taata, being trans¬ 
formed into a beautiful young woman, became the wife 
of Taata or Man, bore him a son and a daughter, called 
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