After the _keka_, the _uhunga_ or lament commences. The clothes in which the corpse should be dressed are the _kahuwaero_, the _huru_, the _topuni_, and the _tatata_. The lament ended, presents are spread to view, greenstone ornaments, and other offerings for the dead chief. A carved chest, ornamented with feathers, is also made, and a carved canoe, a small one resembling a large canoe, which is painted with _kokowai_ (=red-ochre); also a stick bent at the top is set up by the way-side, in order that persons passing by may see it, and know that a chief has died. This is called a _hara_. The carved chest is called a _whare-rangi_. The corpse only is buried, the clothes are placed in the carved chest which is preserved by the family and descendants as a sacred relic. On the morning following the burial, some men go to kill a small bird of the swamps called _kokata_, and to pluck up some reeds of _wiwi_. They return and come near the grave. The _tohunga_ then asks “Whence come you?” The men reply, “From the seeking, from the searching.” The _tohunga_ again asks “Ah! what have you got? ah! what have you gained?” Thereon the men throw on the ground the _kotata_ and the _wiwi_. Then the _tohunga_ selects a stalk of _toetoe_ or _rarauhe_, and places it near the grave in a direction pointing towards Hawaiki to be a pathway for the spirit, that it may go in the straight path to those who died before him. This is named a _Tiri_, and is also placed near where he died, in order that his spirit may return as an _Atua_ for his living relations. The person to whom this _Atua_ appears is called the _kaupapa_ or _waka-atua_. Whenever the spirit appears to the _kaupapa_ the men of the family assemble to hear its words. Hear the _karakia_ of the _kaupapa_ to prevail on the spirit to climb the path of the _Tiri_. This is your path, the path of Tawaki; By it he climbed up to Rangi, By it he mounted to your many, To your Thousands; By it you approached, By it you clung, By it your spirit arrived safely To your ancestors. I now am here sighing, Lamenting for your departed spirit. Come, come to me in form of a moth, Come to me your _kaupapa_, Whom you loved, For whom you lamented. Here is the _Tiri_ for you, The _Tiri_ of your ancestors, The _Tiri_ of your _Pukenga_, Of your _Wananga_, Of me this _Tauira_. THE REINGA OR HADES.