WoiiLEB^.— Mythology and Tmditions of the Maori 29 



After some days of crying and howling Tiniran felt Ms mind so far 

 relieved that he could think of vengeance. He wished now to get Kae into 

 his power; and to attain this he persuaded some women to form a band of 

 dancing girls, to go out performing from ]^lace to place; and so, when at 

 Kae's place, to get him by subtilty into their power and to bring him over 

 alive. You can know him," he added, " by a peculiar fastening of his clothes, 

 and by his upper front teeth being broken, which he shows when laughing." 



When all had been arranged, the band of the dancing girls, called by 

 courtesy Tinirau's sistei'S, sailed in a canoo over the sea, following the pet sea= 

 birds as their guides. When they came to a settlement they performed there 

 for the night, and then continued their voyage next day. So they went on 

 from place to place. At last they came to Kae's settlement, over which the 

 birds kept up a long and continuous screaming. The girls landed, and 

 arrangement was made for their y^lay. Kae was sitting by the middle post in 

 the large house, in which the performance w^as to be given. His appearance 

 answered the description given them by Tinirau; still the girls wished to be 

 sure to get the right man, and therefore tried to make him laugh. But Kae 

 seemed to be w^ary ; he kept his fiico bent down, and his mouth shut. The 

 dancing went on and the spectators laughed; but Kae did not laugh. 

 Wilder and wilder went the dancing, louder and louder rang the applause and 

 the laughter of the spectators, till at last Kae too laughed and thereby showed 

 his teeth. Then the girls saw that his upper teeth w^ere broken and they 

 were satisfied that he was the man. By and by the play ceased', the house 

 was hushed, and all the people, Kae among them, fell into a deep sleep, through 

 a charm laid on them by the dancing girls. But these kept awake. They 

 went outside to arrange the net in which Kae was to be carried away, and to 

 perform the enchantments so that lie could not wake up. 



When all was ready, they went again into the house, lifted Kae gently into 

 the net, and carried him to the canoe, and then started for home. They landed 

 about day-break and informed Tiniran that they had got him. Now all the 

 people came together to look at Kae, who was still fast asleep. Then Tinirau 

 made him wake up. At first Kae believed that he was still at his own home 

 and that Tinirau, with his people, had taken the place by surprise ; but Tinirau 

 bade him to look round and see if that was his own place. No, it vv^as not; ho 

 found himself a prisoner. Then Tinirau began to kill him, and Kae howled. 

 " Ah," said Tinirau, " Tutunui also cried for his skin, when you had no pity 

 upon him." So Kae was killed, as a satisfaction for Tutunui. 



After Kae had been killed Tinirau lived an easy, lazy life. This made the 

 people grumble. It seems they were willing enough to work for Hine and 

 her wonderful child ; but thev did not think that Tinirau. who was a stranger 



