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  directiou 
  of 
  that 
  cave, 
  but 
  were 
  unseen 
  by 
  that 
  monster 
  ; 
  while 
  that 
  monster 
  

   was 
  also 
  coming 
  on 
  towards 
  them 
  unseen 
  by 
  the 
  party. 
  Suddenly, 
  however, 
  

   the 
  men 
  looked 
  up, 
  and, 
  lo 
  ! 
  the 
  monster 
  was 
  close 
  upon 
  them 
  ; 
  on 
  which, 
  

   they 
  immediately 
  retreated 
  in 
  confusion. 
  In 
  appearance, 
  it 
  was 
  like 
  a 
  

   moving 
  hill 
  of 
  earth 
  ! 
  Then 
  the 
  fear-awakening 
  cry 
  was 
  heard, 
  " 
  Who 
  is 
  

   straggUng 
  behind 
  ? 
  Look 
  out, 
  there 
  ! 
  A 
  monster, 
  a 
  monster, 
  is 
  coming 
  

   upon 
  you 
  !" 
  Then 
  the 
  whole 
  army 
  fled 
  in 
  all 
  directions 
  in 
  dire 
  dismay 
  and 
  

   confusion 
  at 
  seeing 
  the 
  dreadful 
  spines 
  and 
  spear-like 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  creature, 
  

   all 
  moving 
  and 
  brandishing 
  in 
  anger, 
  resembling 
  the 
  gathering 
  together 
  of 
  

   the 
  spines, 
  and 
  spears, 
  and 
  spiny 
  crests, 
  and 
  ridges 
  of 
  the 
  dreadful 
  marine 
  

   monsters 
  of 
  the 
  ocean. 
  In 
  the 
  utter 
  rout 
  of 
  the 
  army, 
  they 
  fell 
  foul 
  of 
  

   each 
  other 
  through 
  fear, 
  but, 
  owing 
  to 
  their 
  number, 
  some 
  escaped 
  alive, 
  

   though 
  some 
  were 
  wounded 
  and 
  died. 
  Then, 
  alas 
  ! 
  it 
  was 
  surely 
  known 
  

   that 
  it 
  was 
  this 
  evil 
  monster 
  which 
  had 
  completely 
  destroyed 
  all 
  the 
  people 
  

   who 
  had 
  formerly 
  travelled 
  by 
  this 
  way. 
  

  

  The 
  news 
  of 
  this 
  was 
  soon 
  carried 
  to 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Eotorua 
  district, 
  and 
  

   the 
  brave 
  warriors 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  tribes 
  heard 
  of 
  it. 
  They 
  soon 
  assembled 
  

   together, 
  170 
  all 
  told, 
  took 
  up 
  their 
  arms, 
  and 
  marched 
  even 
  until 
  they 
  came 
  

   to 
  Kapenga 
  in 
  the 
  plain, 
  and 
  there 
  they 
  pitched 
  their 
  camp. 
  Immediately 
  

   they 
  set 
  to 
  work, 
  some 
  to 
  pull 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  cabbage-tree 
  (Corclyline 
  

   australis), 
  others 
  to 
  twist 
  them 
  into 
  ropes; 
  then 
  it 
  was 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  various 
  

   arts 
  of 
  roi^e-making 
  were 
  seen 
  and 
  developed 
  ! 
  — 
  the 
  round 
  rope, 
  the 
  flat 
  

   rope, 
  the 
  double-twisted 
  rope, 
  the 
  three-strand 
  rope, 
  and 
  the 
  four-sided 
  

   rope* 
  ; 
  at 
  last 
  the 
  rope-making 
  was' 
  ended. 
  

  

  Then 
  the 
  several 
  chiefs 
  arose 
  to 
  make 
  orations 
  and 
  speeches, 
  encouraging 
  

   each 
  other 
  to 
  be 
  brave, 
  to 
  go 
  carefully 
  to 
  work, 
  to 
  be 
  on 
  the 
  alert, 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  

   circumspect, 
  and 
  so 
  to 
  perform 
  all 
  the 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  warrior. 
  All 
  this 
  they 
  

   did 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  old 
  and 
  established 
  custom 
  when 
  going 
  to 
  fight 
  the 
  

   enemy. 
  

  

  One 
  in 
  particular 
  of 
  those 
  chiefs 
  said 
  — 
  Listen 
  to 
  me, 
  let 
  us 
  go 
  gently 
  to 
  

   work 
  ; 
  let 
  us 
  not 
  go 
  too 
  near 
  to 
  the 
  monster, 
  but 
  stay 
  at 
  a 
  distance 
  from 
  it, 
  

   and 
  when 
  we 
  perceive 
  the 
  wind 
  blowing 
  towards 
  us 
  over 
  it, 
  then 
  we 
  will 
  get 
  

   up 
  closer, 
  for 
  if 
  the 
  wind 
  should 
  blow 
  from 
  us 
  to 
  the 
  monster, 
  and 
  it 
  smells 
  

   us, 
  it 
  will 
  suddenly 
  rush 
  out 
  of 
  its 
  cave, 
  and 
  our 
  work 
  and 
  schemes 
  will 
  be 
  

   all 
  upset." 
  To 
  this 
  advice 
  the 
  chiefs 
  all 
  assented, 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  men 
  were 
  

   aU 
  properly 
  arranged 
  for 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  big 
  rope 
  snare 
  they 
  had 
  

   contrived 
  and 
  made, 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  might 
  all 
  be 
  ready 
  to 
  pull 
  and 
  haul 
  away 
  

   on 
  the 
  ropes 
  when 
  the 
  proper 
  time 
  should 
  come. 
  

  

  * 
  This 
  was 
  still 
  the 
  custom 
  in 
  late 
  years 
  ; 
  their 
  strongest 
  common 
  ropes 
  -were 
  made 
  

   from 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  cabbage-tree, 
  after 
  steeping 
  them 
  in 
  water, 
  and 
  a 
  strong 
  and 
  very 
  

   peculiar 
  kind 
  of 
  4-sided 
  rope 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  them 
  of 
  it. 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  such 
  made 
  for 
  me, 
  

   }rat 
  I 
  almost 
  fear 
  the 
  art 
  is 
  lost. 
  Flax 
  (or 
  Phortnium) 
  leaves 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  suitable. 
  

  

  