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can the killing (or discomfiture) of the relation be effected?" And 

 Marukakoa replied, " Shut close the eyes, and when thou openest them to 

 see, (he is) killed, prostrate (on the ground): another plan (is by) fire." 

 Then Marukakoa himself lit a fire in his talking-house — where these two 

 were ; and when it was kindled he placed some cabbage-tree * upon it ; this 

 tree in burning emits much smoke, which is also very smarting to the eyes. 

 On seeing this, and smarting too from the smoke, Hauiti called out, " 0, 

 Marukakoa, what is this for ?" and Marukakoa replied, " This is the killing 

 of the relation." Then Hauiti returned to his own place and people. Soon 

 after his return he began to build his fort, which was named Ko te poti o 

 Hauiti. He also said to his followers, " Be courageous, be brave and 

 daring ; do not consider the relationship of the elder brother or of the 

 younger brother or of the father ; let the eyes be firmly closed." Then he 

 gave his orders, "Put the net into the canoe," which his people imme- 

 diately did. All being ready, he sent a man up to the top of the hill to 

 watch the motions of the fish, and when he saw the shoal of fish had come 

 in pretty close to the land, he raised the signal for the casting of the net. 

 They cast it, and a great number of fishes were enclosed ; then the elder 

 brothers, with their followers, came forth again to take away, forcibly, the 

 fish which had been caught from out of his net. On seeing this, Hauiti 

 retaliated by falling upon them unexpectedly, and they were well beaten, 

 suffering severely ! so that the fish marauders hastily retreated, letting drop 

 from their hands the kahaivai fish they had taken. Hence this fight was 

 named, "The dropped kaJiaivai" (jirrvpis salarj. Some time, however, 

 after this event, Hauiti said to his people, " Come, let us cast again the 

 net." And they did so. But before that the two ends of the big net were 

 drawn on shore, the fish-robbing folks came down and turned again to the 

 forcible taking of the fish out of the net ! On this the chief Hauiti sud- 

 denly called out, " Close up 1" (His people knew well the meaning of that 

 order !) So they brought together the ends and also the top of the net, 

 thus enclosing, in one huge mass, both fish and men, and both died together. 

 Hence the name of this destruction was, " The joined-top-of-the-net." His 

 two brothers became greatly enraged at this, and said, " Verily, he has the 

 best of it ! We must fight." (Koia, kei a Paixi ! ) Then they despatched 

 a herald to their own people to assemble and come to them, to destroy their 

 younger brother with his people, f On Hauiti hearing of this, he said to 

 his followers, by night, " Let us all leave and go and seek a good place, 

 where we may dwell quietly, and live well." This he said, because his fol- 

 lowers were but few in number (it is said, only 300) ; while those of his 



* Cordyline australis. 

 t Very likely through being sons of their one father by different mothers, 



