. Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealand race, as furnished by their priests and chiefs . till their tips seemed to touch the backs ofthe palms of her hands; and all her motions wereso light, that she appeared to float in the air;then might be seen, indeed, the difference betweenthe dancing of a nobly-born girl and a slave; thelatter being too often a mere throwing about ofthe body and of the arms. Thus she dancedbefore them ; and when she had finished, all theyoung men in the place were quite charmedwith her, and could think of nothing but of TeKahureremoa. Wh
. Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealand race, as furnished by their priests and chiefs . till their tips seemed to touch the backs ofthe palms of her hands; and all her motions wereso light, that she appeared to float in the air;then might be seen, indeed, the difference betweenthe dancing of a nobly-born girl and a slave; thelatter being too often a mere throwing about ofthe body and of the arms. Thus she dancedbefore them ; and when she had finished, all theyoung men in the place were quite charmedwith her, and could think of nothing but of TeKahureremoa. When night came on, and the people had dis-persed to their houses, the chief of the village cameto make love to her, and said, that upon account ofher great beauty he wished her to become his wife ;but she at once started up with her female slave,and notwithstanding the darkness, they plungedstraight into the river, forded it, and proceededupon their journey, leaving the chief overwhelmedwith shame and confusion, at the manner inwhich Te Kahureremoa had departed : however,away she went, without any fearful thought, on. NEW ZEALAND VEGETATION. STORY OF KAHUREREMOA. 267 her road to Tauranga, and by daybreak theyhad reached the Wairoa. When the people ofthe vilhxge saw her coming along in the dawn,they raised joyful cries of— Here is Te Kahure-remoa ; and some of Takakopiris people, who werethere, would detain the young girl for a time : soshe rested, and ate, and was refreshed; thence sheproceeded along the base of the mountains ofOtawa, and at night slept at its foot; and whenmorning broke, she and her slave continued theirjourney. There, just at the same time, was Takakopiri com-ing along the path, to sport in his forests at Otawa ;his sport was spearing birds, and right in the path-way there stood a tall forest tree covered with ber-ries, upon which large green pigeons had settled inflocks to feed. The two girls came toiling along,with their upper cloaks thrown round their sho
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