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follow. Vexed at being left behind be urged bis men to basten tbe fittings 

 of bis canoe, and as soon as tliey were completed be launcbed fortb and 

 saUed in quest of bis friends. On tbe second day be saw tlieir fires, but 

 passing by them landed on a point wbicb served to conceal bis canoe, but 

 from wbicb be could watcb tbe Ngatimamoe pa. Seeing tbe enemy leaving 

 tbe sbore to fish in tbe morning be waited till tbey ancbored, and tben, 

 issuing from bis retreat, cbarged down upon tbem. He succeeded in 

 capturing one canoe, and liaving killed all on board except tbe cbief, be 

 rowed back to tbe place wbere be bad last seen bis comrade's fires. Tbey 

 took bim at first for an enemy and were not a little surprised wlien tbey 

 recognized tbe very man wbom tbey were waiting for. Seeing be bad a 

 prisoner, tbey called to ask wbo he was. " Tukaroua," replied Kane. 

 " He is my brother-in-law," shouted Maru, wbo came running down to tbe 

 edge of tbe water with a mat * to cover bim. Kane, fearing bis life would be 

 spared, stooped down and bit off his right ear and ate it. " Oh ! oh !" cried 

 the man. "Aba," said Kane. "Did Manawa cry out when be was struck?" 

 and stooping down, be bit tbe other ear off. The brother-in-law seeing 

 ■ Kane's determination to retahate Manawa's death upon tbe prisoner, 

 reluctantly gave bim up to be eaten. 



Tbe next day Ngai Tabu laid seige to Pakilii, but its strong position 

 baffled every effort made to take it. Food failed besiegers and besieged. Tbe 

 Ngai Tabu were about to retii-e, when Tu te raugi apiapi u-ho teas related to 

 persons in the jxt, hit upon a plan for its destruction. Without divulging his 

 design be asked permission to visit the Ngatimamoe for tbe ostensible 

 purpose of offermg conditions of peace. He was well received by the 

 besieged and his visits became frequent and long continued. Tbe Ngai Tabu 

 grew impatient at the delay and wanted to know how he was to effect bis 

 object. " Wait," he said, "till a nor'wester blows, and then seize the opportu- 

 nity afforded to you." When tbe wind blew from tbe desired quarter, Tu te 

 raugi apiapi went as usual and seated himself in the doorway of a kauta, 

 near tbe lower end of tbe pa and on the windward side. Having procured 

 one of the long stones with which tbe women prepared tbe fern-root, be 

 fastened one end to a piece of green flax and put tbe other into a fire ; 

 when it was red hot he watched his opportunity and slung it into tbe 

 thatch of an adjoiniug bouse. A cry of fire soon arose. Tbe unsuspected 

 perpetrator of tbe deed rushed out to assist tbe crowds wbo were trying to 

 extinguish tbe flames, but in bis apparent baste to ^duII off tbe burning 

 thatch, be threw it in such a manner that tbe wind might blow it on to tbe 

 other houses, and in a few mom.ents the whole place was involved in tbe 



* If a chief wished to spare a particular prisoner he threw one of his garments over 

 him. 



