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Show - 19* - He rested many hours, to regain his snent strength. He said karakia to give thanks to the gods, then he called unon Ika-tere. father of fishes, to bless his fishing skill that he might add to his food supply. Ika-tere heard and granted his request. He caught many fish which he dried in the suni He nushed off again into the Sea of Kiwa when darkness blended with the water, and set his canoe b v takiara. the guiding star. The farther he went Into unfamiliar waters, the cooler the air became. Soon he had to draw about him one of the warm cloaks he had brought x^ith him. Suddenly the waters became still. Though dawn had not appeared, it was lighter, with a ghostly and eerie light. He was gliding along a shoreline and noticed that the water along the edge was stiff or frozen. It was ice. Wonderment widened his eyes and alerted his senses. His canoe was gliding UP a fantastically beautiful inlet. Roa's eyes rose upward. Straight up like walls on each side were magnificent white mountains reaching toward the heavens. He had reached his destination. This x-jas the land, of the vast ™> ite snows. |