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in the body by Ngararas. This God continued to annoy him, in consequence of his having been ''Makutued'' at Wanganui, when taking pigs there. He also saw one of his fathers and some brothers, who had been dead for years; and his soul seemed entirely diverted from its usual objects and pursuits. He was at length taken to a woman living at Oroa, named Matamomoka, whose son Matei had been dead for years, and appeared to her giving her power to cure diseases. She was notoriously successful in performing those witchcraft cures, till her son's spirit disappeared, when she lost the power.