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legend, man was the fifth order of intelligent beings 
created by Taaroa and Hina, (of whom an account 
will hereafter be given,) and was called the Rahu 
taata i te ao ia Tit, ‘‘ The class, or order of the 
world, of, or by, Tii.” Hina is reported to have 
said to Taaroa, ‘‘ What shall be done, how shall 
man be obtained? Behold, classed or fixed are 
gods of the po, or state of night, and there are 
nomen.” ‘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, *‘ Whois at sea?” The god answered, 
‘¢ Timaaraatai.” Who is Tiimaaraatai? 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 ruminated 
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 con- 
stitute man. Hina returning from her unsuccessful 
search for Tiimaaraatai at sea, met him, but not 
knowing him, said, ‘‘ Who are you ?” “Tam Tii- 
maaraatai,”’ ie replied. *¢ Where have you been?” 
said the goddess: ‘‘ [have sought you here, and 
you were not; I went to the sea, to look for Tu- 
maaraatai, 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 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 Hinaeree- 
remonoi; she became the wife of Tii, and bore to 
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