. Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealand race, as furnished by their priests and chiefs . thencoasted along, the land party following it alongthe shore; this was made up of 140 men, whosechief was Taikehu, and these gave to a place thename of Te of Taikehu. The Tainui left Whanga-Paraoa * shortly after theArawa, and, proceeding nearly in the same directionas the Arawa, made the Gulf of Hauraki, and thencoasted along to Rakau-mangamanga, or Cape Brett,and to the island with an arched passage through it,called Motukokako, which lies off the cape ; thenceth
. Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealand race, as furnished by their priests and chiefs . thencoasted along, the land party following it alongthe shore; this was made up of 140 men, whosechief was Taikehu, and these gave to a place thename of Te of Taikehu. The Tainui left Whanga-Paraoa * shortly after theArawa, and, proceeding nearly in the same directionas the Arawa, made the Gulf of Hauraki, and thencoasted along to Rakau-mangamanga, or Cape Brett,and to the island with an arched passage through it,called Motukokako, which lies off the cape ; thencethey ran along the coast to Whiwhia, and to TeAukanapanapa, and to Muri-whenua, or the countrynear the North Cape. Finding that the land endedthere, they returned again along the coast until theyreached the Tamaki, and landed there, and after-wards proceeded up the creek to Tau-oma, or theportage, where they were surprised to see flocks ofsea-gulls and oyster-catchers passing over from thewestward ; so they went off to explore the country * Whanga-Paraoa, the hay of the sperm whale, so called from thewhale found PRIESTESS PERFORMING INCANTATIONS. THE VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND. 145 in that direction, and to their great surprise founda large sheet of water lying immediately behindthem, so they determined to drag their canoes overthe portage at a place they named Otahuhu, and tolaunch them again on the vast sheet of salt-waterwhich they had found. The first canoe which they hauled across was theToko-maru—that they got across without next began to drag the Tainui over theisthmus; they hauled away at it in vain, theycould not stir it; for one of the wives of Hoturoa,named Marama-kiko-hura, who was unwilhng thatthe tired crews should proceed further on this newexpedition, had by her enchantments fixed it sofirmly to the earth that no human strength couldstir it; so they hauled, they hauled, they excitedthemselves with cries and cheers, but they hauledin vain, they
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