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  Transact 
  inns, 
  — 
  MUcellanemis, 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  dead 
  bodies, 
  and 
  parts 
  of 
  bodies, 
  the 
  conquerors 
  scooped 
  out 
  and 
  

  

  threw 
  into 
  a 
  heap, 
  and 
  buried 
  in 
  a 
  pit 
  which 
  they 
  dug 
  there. 
  And 
  that 
  

  

  work 
  over 
  they 
  proceeded 
  to 
  cut 
  up 
  the 
  fish 
  into 
  pieces; 
  and 
  when 
  they 
  had 
  

  

  examined 
  its 
  fat 
  and 
  suet, 
  they 
  expressed 
  its 
  oil 
  by 
  clarifying 
  it 
  with 
  heat, 
  

  

  which 
  was 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  tribe 
  ; 
  and 
  so 
  they 
  devoured 
  and 
  consumed 
  in 
  their 
  

  

  own 
  stomachs 
  their 
  implacable 
  foe. 
  This 
  done, 
  they 
  all 
  returned 
  to 
  Rotorua 
  

  

  and 
  dwelt 
  there. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  KiUing 
  of 
  Pehehaua. 
  

  

  After 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  monster 
  Hotupuku, 
  the 
  fame 
  of 
  that 
  exploit 
  

   was 
  heard 
  by 
  all 
  the 
  many 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Eotorua. 
  Then 
  a 
  

   messenger 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  those 
  heroes 
  by 
  Hororita, 
  or 
  by 
  some 
  other 
  chief, 
  to 
  

   inform 
  them 
  that 
  another 
  man-eating 
  monster 
  dwelt 
  at 
  a 
  place 
  called 
  

   Te 
  Awaliou, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  this 
  monster 
  was 
  known, 
  just 
  as 
  in 
  

   the 
  former 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  that 
  dwelt 
  in 
  the 
  plain 
  at 
  Kaingaroa. 
  The 
  

   travelhng 
  companies 
  of 
  the 
  districts 
  of 
  Waikato 
  and 
  of 
  Patetere 
  were 
  never 
  

   heard 
  of 
  ; 
  and 
  so 
  the 
  travelling 
  companies 
  of 
  the 
  Eotorua 
  district, 
  Avhich 
  

   left 
  for 
  Waikato, 
  were 
  also 
  somehow 
  lost, 
  being 
  never 
  again 
  heard 
  of. 
  When 
  

   the 
  people 
  of 
  Rotorua 
  heard 
  this 
  news, 
  those 
  same 
  170 
  heroes 
  arose, 
  from 
  

   out 
  of 
  many 
  v/arriors, 
  and 
  set 
  forth 
  for 
  Te 
  Awahou. 
  Arriving 
  there, 
  they 
  

   sought 
  for 
  information, 
  and 
  gained 
  all 
  they 
  could. 
  Then 
  they 
  asked, 
  

   *' 
  Where 
  does 
  this 
  monster 
  dwell?" 
  The 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  place 
  replied, 
  " 
  It 
  

   dwells 
  in 
  the 
  water, 
  or 
  it 
  dwells 
  on 
  the 
  dry 
  laud, 
  who 
  should 
  certainly 
  

   know 
  ; 
  according 
  to 
  our 
  supposition, 
  no 
  doubt 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  that 
  one 
  which 
  

   was 
  killed." 
  

  

  Hearing 
  this, 
  they 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  woods, 
  and 
  brought 
  thence 
  a 
  large 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  supplejacks 
  (Rhipogonwn 
  scandeita), 
  with 
  which 
  to 
  make 
  v/ater- 
  

   traps 
  of 
  basket-work. 
  Those 
  they 
  interlaced, 
  and 
  bound 
  firmly 
  together 
  

   with 
  a 
  strong 
  trailing 
  plant 
  [Muhlenheckia 
  comple.va), 
  so 
  that 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  

   finished 
  the 
  traps 
  consisted 
  of 
  two 
  or 
  even 
  three 
  layers 
  of 
  canes 
  or 
  supple- 
  

   jacks. 
  Then 
  they 
  twisted 
  ropes 
  wherewith 
  to 
  set 
  and 
  fix 
  the 
  water-traps, 
  in 
  

   order 
  to 
  snare 
  the 
  monster, 
  and 
  these 
  were 
  all 
  done. 
  Then 
  they 
  made 
  

   similar 
  plans 
  and 
  arrangements 
  for 
  themselves, 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  former 
  occasion 
  

   when 
  the 
  first 
  one 
  was 
  killed. 
  All 
  being 
  ready, 
  the 
  band 
  of 
  heroes 
  set 
  out, 
  

   reciting 
  their 
  forms 
  of 
  spell, 
  or 
  charms, 
  as 
  they 
  went 
  along 
  ; 
  those 
  were 
  of 
  

   various 
  kinds 
  and 
  potencies, 
  but 
  all 
  having 
  one 
  tendency, 
  to 
  enable 
  them 
  to 
  

   overcome 
  the 
  monster. 
  Onwards 
  they 
  went, 
  and 
  after 
  travelling 
  some 
  

   distance, 
  they 
  ueared 
  the 
  place, 
  or 
  water-hole, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  said 
  the 
  monster 
  

   lived; 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  that 
  deep 
  pool 
  is 
  Te 
  AYarouri 
  {i.e., 
  the 
  Black 
  Chasm). 
  

   They 
  travelled 
  on 
  until 
  they 
  gained 
  the 
  high 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  river's 
  side, 
  where 
  

   they 
  again 
  recited 
  their 
  charms 
  and 
  spells, 
  which 
  done, 
  the 
  170 
  proceeded 
  

   to 
  encamp 
  on 
  that 
  very 
  spot. 
  

  

  