Then said Kahu: “Your cousin has a longing for you.” “It is well,” replied the damsel. “Oh! my children,” murmured Kahu. He then cautioned his daughter not to enter the house where young people resort for amusement. “I never go to the play-house,” replied Hinetekakara, “I always sleep with my mother in our own house.” “You do well,” said Kahu; “in twenty days we shall both be free from our _tapu_.” So they both continued to dwell in their sacred house by themselves, and the damsel always cooked food for them; and when the day fixed by Kahu came he sent Ihenga in a canoe to catch fish to complete the ceremony of removing the _tapu_. The fish were caught, and two ovens were prepared to cook them—a sacred oven for the _tohunga_, or seers skilled in sacred lore—and a free oven for the _tauira_, or those being instructed in sacred lore. And when the food was cooked they assembled to eat it: the _tohunga_ on the right hand fed each other by hand, and the _tauira_ on the left ate freely their unsacred food. This was done to lighten the weight of the _tapu_, in order that they might be free. When all this was done, and they were no longer _tapu_, Hinetekakara became the wife of Ihenga. The following morning Ihenga searched for the greenstone _kaukaumatua_, and found it in the place where Tuhoro had buried it. He then fastened it to the ear of Hinetekakara, bidding her go and show the treasure to her father. When Kahu beheld his lost treasure hanging from his daughter’s ear he gave utterance to his feelings with tears and words of affection for his dead brother, and when the _tangi_ or lament was ended, bid her keep the treasure for herself, and for her cousin.