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All the dead bodies, and parts of bodies, the conquerors scooped out and 
threw into a heap, and buried in a pit which they dug there. And that 
work over they proceeded to cut up the fish into pieces; and when they had 
examined its fat and suet, they expressed its oil by clarifying it with heat, 
which was eaten by the tribe; and so they devoured and consumed in their 
own stomachs their implacable foe. This done, they all returned to Rotorua 
and dwelt there, 
2. The Killing of Pekehaua. 
After the destruction of the monster Hotupuku, the fame of that exploit 
was heard by all the many tribes of the district of Rotorua. Then a 
messenger was sent to those heroes by Hororita, or by some other chief, to 
inform them that another man-eating monster dwelt at a place called 
Te Awahou, and that the existence of this monster was known, just as in 
the former case of the one that dwelt in the plain at Kaingaroa. The 
travelling companies of the districts of Waikato and of Patetere were never 
heard of; and so the travelling companies of the Rotorua district, which 
left for Waikato, were also somehow lost, being never again heard of. When 
the people of Rotorua heard this news, those same 170 heroes arose, from 
out of many warriors, and set forth for Te Awahou. Arriving there, they 
sought for information, and gained all they could. Then they asked, 
“ Where does this monster dwell?" The people of the place replied, “ It 
dwells in the water, or it dwells on the dry land, who should certainly 
know ; according to our supposition, no doubt it is much like that one which 
was killed." 
Hearing this, they went to the woods, and brought thence a large 
quantity of supplejacks (Rhipogonum scandens), with which to make water- 
traps of basket-work. Those they interlaced, and bound firmly together 
with a strong trailing plant (MuAlenbeckia complexa), so that when they were 
finished the traps consisted of two or even three layers of canes or supple- 
jacks. "Then they twisted ropes wherewith to set and fix the water-traps, in 
order to snare the monster, and these were all done. Then they made 
similar plans and arrangements for themselves, as on the former occasion 
when the first one was killed. All being ready, the band of heroes set out, 
reciting their forms of spell, or charms, as they went along; those were of 
various kinds and potencies, but all having one tendency, to enable them to 
overcome the monster. Onwards they went, and after travelling some 
distance, they neared the place, or water-hole, where it was said the monster 
lived; the name of that deep pool is Te Warouri (1.e., the Black Chasm). 
They travelled on until they gained the high edge of the river's side, where 
they again recited their charms and spells, whieh done, the 170 proceeded 
to encamp on that very spot. 
