﻿CoLENSo, 
  — 
  On 
  a 
  better 
  E:noivlecl(je 
  of 
  the 
  Maori 
  Bace, 
  91 
  

  

  large 
  whale,* 
  but 
  its 
  general 
  form 
  or 
  appearance 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  tlie 
  great 
  

   lizard,! 
  with 
  rigid 
  spiny 
  crest, 
  while 
  the 
  head, 
  the 
  legs, 
  feet, 
  and 
  claws, 
  the 
  

   tan, 
  the 
  scales, 
  the 
  skin, 
  and 
  the 
  general 
  spiny 
  ridges, 
  all 
  these 
  resembled 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  common 
  lizards 
  (tuataraj. 
  Its 
  size 
  was 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  sperm 
  

   whale 
  (paraoaj. 
  

  

  Then 
  this 
  man-devouring 
  monster 
  was 
  closely 
  looked 
  at 
  and 
  examined 
  

   for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  — 
  the 
  wretch, 
  the 
  monster, 
  that 
  had 
  destroyed 
  so 
  many 
  

   persons, 
  so 
  many 
  bands 
  of 
  armed 
  men 
  and 
  travelling 
  parties 
  ! 
  Long, 
  

   indeed, 
  was 
  the 
  gazing 
  ; 
  great 
  was 
  the 
  astonishment 
  expressed. 
  At 
  last, 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  chiefs 
  said, 
  " 
  Let 
  us 
  throw 
  off 
  our 
  clothing, 
  a;nd 
  all 
  hands 
  

   turn 
  to 
  cut 
  up 
  this 
  fish, 
  that 
  we 
  may 
  also 
  see 
  its 
  stomach, 
  which 
  has 
  

   swallowed 
  so 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  childi-en 
  of 
  men.| 
  

  

  Then 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  cut 
  it 
  open, 
  using 
  obsidian 
  and 
  pitch-stone 
  knives, 
  

   and 
  saws 
  for 
  cutting 
  up 
  flesh 
  made 
  of 
  sharks' 
  teeth, 
  and 
  the 
  shells 
  of 
  sea 
  

   and 
  of 
  fresh- 
  water 
  mussels 
  (Unio). 
  On 
  the 
  outside, 
  beneath 
  its 
  skin, 
  were 
  

   enormous 
  layers 
  of 
  belly 
  fat 
  (suet), 
  thick 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  folds. 
  Cutting 
  still 
  

   deeper 
  into 
  its 
  great 
  stomach 
  or 
  maw, 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  amazing 
  sight. 
  Lying 
  

   in 
  heaps 
  were 
  the 
  whole 
  bodies 
  of 
  men, 
  of 
  women, 
  and 
  of 
  cliildren 
  ! 
  Some 
  

   other 
  bodies 
  were 
  severed 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  while 
  some 
  had 
  their 
  heads 
  off, 
  and 
  

   some 
  their 
  arms, 
  and 
  some 
  their 
  legs 
  ; 
  no 
  doubt 
  occasioned 
  through 
  the 
  

   working 
  of 
  the 
  monster's 
  jaws 
  and 
  the 
  forcible 
  muscular 
  action 
  of 
  its 
  

   enormous 
  throat 
  in- 
  swallowing, 
  when 
  the 
  strong 
  blasts 
  of 
  its 
  breath 
  were 
  

   emitted 
  from 
  its 
  capacious 
  and 
  cavernous 
  belly. 
  

  

  And 
  with 
  them 
  were 
  also 
  swallowed 
  all 
  that 
  appertained 
  to 
  them 
  — 
  their 
  

   greenstone 
  v/ar- 
  clubs, 
  their 
  short-knobbed 
  clubs 
  of 
  hardwood, 
  their 
  weapons 
  

   of 
  whales' 
  ribs 
  both 
  long 
  and 
  short, 
  their 
  travelling 
  staves 
  of 
  rank, 
  their 
  

   halbert-shaped 
  weapons, 
  their 
  staffs 
  and 
  spears— 
  there 
  they 
  all 
  were 
  within 
  

   the 
  bowels 
  of 
  the 
  monster, 
  as 
  if 
  the 
  place 
  was 
  a 
  regular 
  stored 
  armoury 
  of 
  

   war. 
  Here, 
  also, 
  were 
  found 
  their 
  various 
  ornaments 
  of 
  greenstone 
  for 
  

   both 
  neck 
  and 
  ears, 
  and 
  sharks' 
  teeth, 
  too, 
  in 
  abundance 
  fmako). 
  Besides 
  

   all 
  those 
  there 
  were 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  garments 
  found 
  in 
  its 
  maw 
  : 
  fine 
  

   bordered 
  flax-mats 
  ; 
  thick 
  impervious 
  war-mats, 
  some 
  with 
  ornamented 
  

   borders 
  ; 
  chiefs' 
  woven 
  garments 
  made 
  of 
  dogs' 
  tails, 
  of 
  albatross 
  feathers, 
  

   of 
  kiwi 
  feathers, 
  of 
  red 
  (parrot) 
  feathers, 
  and 
  of 
  seals' 
  skin, 
  and 
  of 
  white 
  

   dogs' 
  skin 
  ; 
  also, 
  white, 
  black, 
  and 
  chequered 
  mats 
  made 
  of 
  woven 
  flax, 
  and 
  

   garments 
  of 
  undressed 
  flax 
  (Phorinium), 
  and 
  the 
  long-leaved 
  kaliakaha 
  

   (Astelia, 
  species 
  j, 
  and 
  of 
  many 
  other 
  kinds. 
  

  

  * 
  Nui 
  tohora. 
  

  

  t 
  Tuatete, 
  the 
  angry, 
  frightful 
  lizard, 
  now 
  extinct. 
  

  

  I 
  Uri-o-Tikl 
  : 
  literally, 
  descendants 
  of 
  Tiki 
  : 
  Tilii 
  being, 
  in 
  their 
  mythology, 
  the 
  

   creator 
  or 
  progenitor 
  of 
  man. 
  

  

  