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Show FIRST TO USE WATER WINGS Lovesick Maori Vaiien Credited With Devising Those Valuable Aids to Weak Swimmers. Water wings wore Inventor by a Ma-firl Ma-firl liinldcn hundreds of yours before the British conquered those Now Zealand Zeal-and natives. She used some gourds which she Inshod together with si rands of (lux, putting the lathing under her chest, with a gourd behind each arm. Thus equipped, she swam four miles to meet her lover, who was not In fav-01 fav-01 vl;h her father. The romantic story Is a pretty one. Tutaoekai's mother was the beautiful beauti-ful Huiigi-uru, wife of Whakane-kai-papa. the groat child' of the Ngati-uhal.ane Ngati-uhal.ane tribe. His father was a home wrecker, the soft-spoken glib-loiiMued glib-loiiMued Tu-whare-toa, who had persuaded per-suaded Kangi-uru to run away with liim. Later she repented and returned to her husband, who forgave her. He took her child into the family and mow.! to another neighborhood, so that Ihfi family would escape gossip. In tWs district Tulaiiekai grew into an Apollo of manhood and a regular Folomon In wisdom, but the stigma of his birth followed him. He fell In love with Hine-Moa, but her father refused re-fused his consent to the marriage. The lovers were kept apart, whiie the girl's father remained obdurate. Finally, In desperation, IIIne-Moa planned to make the four-mile swdm to his Island from Rotorua, and Just before plunging plung-ing Into the water decided to make the water wings as an extra safety precaution, although she was an expert ex-pert swimmer. |