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Here we have the Cook Island forms in Nos. 3, 4, and 5, as also the two series of Korekore names and the Rarotongan Maitu. The Mangaian Marangi appears as Mara'i in sympathy with dialectic change. The name of Turu appears in a lengthened form. The qualifying terms attached to the Rakau, Korekore, and Tangaroa nights differ from those of Maori lists. Tane and Rongo lack the prefixed O, while No. 28 is evidently a form of the Orongomauri of New Zealand (see list No. 5), which again appears in most Maori lists as Mauri. The final name of Terieo seems to have strayed far from our local Tirea and Tireo.

Here again, far north of the Equator, thirteen hundred rolling leagues away from Aotearoa, we encounter our Maori list of names. In this case the letter-changes are a more serious matter, for the Hawaiians first discarded the letter k, and then, with charming inconsistence, transformed the t into k. This results in a somewhat uncouth dialect. We also note that r has become l. The following is the Hawaiian list:—