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BY A FEMALE PRISONER OF TOHI TE URURANGI, MAKETU. My regret is not to be expressed. Tears like a spring, gush from my eyes. I wonder whatever is Te Kaiuku (her lover) doing, He who deserted me. Now I climb upon the ridge of Parahaki, Whence I clearly see the isle of Tuhiia.
I see with regret the lofty Taumo * "Where dwells Tangiteruru. f If I were there, the shark's tooth § Would hang from my ear. How fine and pretty I should look. But see, whose ship is that tacking? Is it yours, 0 Hu? you husband of Pohiwa, Sailing away on the tide to Europe. 0 Toru ! give me some of your fine things, For beautiful are the clothes of the sea-god. Enough of this: 1 must return to my rags, And entire destitution.
* Tairmo—The name of a high hill at Tuhua, where there is a Pa. ■f Tangiterura—The name of the Chief of Tuhua. § The largest of these teeth are so highly prized for ear-drops, that they ai-e not to be procured, even at Tuhua, for less than thirty or forty shillings each.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 15, 15 October 1861, Page 11
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186SONG. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 15, 15 October 1861, Page 11
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