But I laM hold of Tama-ui te-Ba, aud now' he goes slowly, for X sniot.2 him again and again, so that'he 13 now fcible, and long in travelling his course, and he now gives out biw very little heat, having boon weakenc--' by the blows of my enchanted weapon, I then, too, split him open in manj places, and from the wounds so mnd» many rays now issne forth, aiifl spread in all directions. So, also, I found the sea much larger than tho earth; but by the nowcr of the last born of your children", part of the earth was drawn up again, and dry land came forth." And hiß father answered him, "That i all very true, O my last born and th? strength of my old age; well, then, c bold, go and visit your ancestresb who flashes so fiercely tliere, where the edgr of the horizon meets the sky.'" Hardly was this conversation conclu-t cd with hi 3 father, when the young hero went forth to look for companion to accompany him upon his enterprise; and so there came to him for compan ions the small robin, and, the largo robia, and the thrush, and the yellov haraincr, and every kind of little bird, and the water wagtail, and these '.11 assembled together, and they all sta:. ed with Maui in the evening, and ar rived at the dwelling of Hine-nui-te-po and found her fast asleep. ~ Then Maui addressed them all, and said, "My little friends, now if you see me creep into this old cliieftainess i, do not laugh at what you see. Nay, nay, do not, I pray you; but when I have got altogether inside her, and jus; as I am coming out of her<mouth; then you may shout with laughter if y-> i incase." And his little friends, wl>o were frightened at what they saw, ro plie:l "O sir. 