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Baumati. The sisters then related that they had seen a totara in the Kai- 

 tuna Stream. Early on the following morning all the people set to to dig 

 up the totara. They did not fell the tree as they had no axes, so they dug 

 it down and launched it with branches and roots on, which departed seventy 

 twice told (hokowhitu, 140). It was by incantations and the help of tani- 

 whas that canoe was propelled. Its name was Totara-Karia (the totara dug 

 from the earth). The party landed safely on the other side (Haivaiki). The 

 tohungas then instructed the people what to do. They said, " you must 

 strike your noses until the blood runs " — me titoia nga ure — so they might 

 look like dead men brought there. The people then gave severe blows on 

 their noses, which caused the blood to flow freely. They then lay down 

 on the beach, scattered, as it were, near the sacred places, hiding their 

 weapons under them. The tohungas retired to the tuaahus, sacred places 

 of augury, to perform their incantations. At the dawn of the morning the 

 people of the pa came down to the beach, and seeing the apparently dead 

 men scattered about, they shouted out, " Here is a work, men scattered all 

 over the beach, sent by the gods ; see, they are in our midst." The incan- 

 tations had done their work. When the people of the pa had all collected 

 on the beach, up jumped the war-party and attacked them. The fight was 

 severe, both sides being numerous. The people of the place retreated to 

 their pa, but many were killed. The tohungas then performed incantations 

 over the dead to take off the tapu. After that they were cooked and eaten. 

 Feasting was hardly over when the people of the pa made an attack and 

 fighting commenced again, but they were repulsed a second time with great 

 loss, and their pa, named Whatiri-ka-papa, taken. The name of the battle, 

 which was fought in the morning, was called Thumotomotohia. The pa 

 was taken on that day, and many of the rangatira killed. Ngatoro and 

 party then, after making proper offerings to the gods, returned and landed 

 at Maketu and Motiti. Ngatoro-i-rangi lived at Motiti. 



A short time after this the people of Hawaiki, led by Manaia, came to 

 seek revenge for their losses. Their party was very numerous both in men 

 and canoes. They arrived off the island Motiti, in the Bay of Plenty. The 

 old man, Ngatoro-i-rangi, was residing there alone with his wife, his people 

 being all at Maketu. The whole ocean appeared to be covered with the 

 hosts from Hawaiki. The voice of Ngatoro-i-rangi was then heard calling 

 out, " Stay out there for the night, in the morning we will fight when the 

 sun will reflect the glittering of our weapons." The host agreed to this, 

 and cast out their anchors into the water. Ngatoro-i-rangi then hastened 

 to his tuaahu, and performed his incantations and auguries, and called on 

 the winds of heaven, named Tawhirimatea, Pungawere, and Utupawa ; then 

 came the rushing sound of the howlirjg winds. The foam of the raging 



