Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ... THE LEGEND OF MAUI. ] One day Maui asked his brothers to tell him the place where their father and mother dwelt; he begged earnestly that they would make this known to him in order that he might go and visit the place where the two old people dwelt; and they replied to him, "We don't know; how can we tell whether they dwell up above the earth, or down under the earth, or at a distance from us." Then he answered them, "Never mind, I think I '11 find them out;" and his brothers replied, "Nonsense, how can you tell where they are--you, the last born of all of us, when we your elders have no knowledge where they are concealed from us; after you first appeared to us, and made yourself known to us and to our mother as our brother, you know that our mother used to come and sleep with us every night, and as soon as the day broke she was gone, and, lo, there was nobody but ourselves sleeping in the house, and this took place night after night, and how can we tell then where she went or where she lives?" But he answered, "Very well, you stop here, and listen; by and by you will hear news of me." For he had found something out after he was discovered by his mother, by his relations, and by his brothers. They discovered him one night whilst they were all dancing in the great House of Assembly. Whilst his relations were all dancing there, they then found out who he was in this manner. For little Maui, the infant, crept into the house, and went and sat behind one of his brother's, and hid himself, so when their mother counted her children that they might stand up ready for the dance, she said--"One, that's Mauitaka; two, that's Maui-roto; three, that's Mauipae; four, that's Maui-waho;" and then she saw another, and cried out, "Hollo, where did this...
