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  Transactions, 
  — 
  Miscellaneous, 
  

  

  So 
  then 
  went 
  forth 
  the 
  loud 
  peahug 
  call 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  towns 
  and 
  villages 
  of 
  

   the 
  Eotorua 
  district. 
  And 
  the 
  tribes 
  assembled 
  on 
  the 
  spot 
  to 
  look 
  at 
  and 
  

   examine 
  their 
  implacable 
  foe. 
  There 
  it 
  lay 
  dragged 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  dry 
  land 
  on 
  

   the 
  river's 
  side, 
  in 
  appearance 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  a 
  big, 
  common 
  whale. 
  Yet 
  

   it 
  was 
  not 
  exactly 
  like 
  a 
  full-grown 
  old 
  whale 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  more, 
  in 
  bulk, 
  as 
  the 
  

   calf 
  of 
  a 
  big 
  whale 
  as 
  it 
  there 
  lay. 
  

  

  They 
  then 
  commenced 
  cutting-up 
  that 
  fish 
  as 
  food 
  for 
  themselves 
  ; 
  on 
  

   laying 
  its 
  huge 
  belly 
  wide 
  open 
  there, 
  everything 
  was 
  seen 
  at 
  one 
  glance, 
  all 
  

   in 
  confusion, 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  a 
  dense 
  forest.* 
  For, 
  going 
  down- 
  

   wards 
  into 
  its 
  vast 
  stomach, 
  there 
  lay 
  the 
  dead, 
  just 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  an 
  old 
  

   bone-cave 
  with 
  piles 
  of 
  skeletons 
  and 
  bones 
  — 
  bones 
  of 
  those 
  it 
  had 
  swallowed 
  

   in 
  former 
  days. 
  Yes, 
  swallowed 
  down 
  with 
  all 
  then' 
  garments 
  about 
  them, 
  

   women 
  and 
  children 
  and 
  men 
  ! 
  There 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  the 
  enormous 
  heap 
  

   of 
  clothing 
  of 
  all 
  kinds; 
  chiefs' 
  mats 
  of 
  dogs' 
  tails 
  and 
  of 
  dogs' 
  skins 
  — 
  white, 
  

   black, 
  and 
  chequered 
  — 
  with 
  the 
  beautiful 
  woven 
  flax-mats 
  adorned 
  with 
  

   ornamental 
  borders, 
  and 
  garments 
  of 
  all 
  kinds. 
  There 
  were 
  also 
  arms 
  and 
  

   implements 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  f; 
  clubs, 
  spears, 
  staves, 
  thin 
  hardwood 
  chopping 
  

   knives, 
  white 
  whalebone 
  clubs, 
  carved 
  staffs 
  of 
  rank, 
  and 
  many 
  others, 
  

   including 
  even 
  darts 
  and 
  barbed 
  spears, 
  which 
  the 
  monster 
  had 
  carried 
  off 
  

   with 
  its 
  food. 
  There 
  these 
  arms 
  and 
  implements 
  all 
  were, 
  as 
  if 
  the 
  place 
  

   were 
  a 
  store-house 
  of 
  weapons 
  or 
  an 
  armoury 
  ! 
  

  

  Then 
  they 
  proceeded 
  to 
  roast 
  and 
  to 
  broil, 
  and 
  to 
  set 
  aside 
  of 
  its 
  flesh 
  and 
  

   fat 
  in 
  large 
  x^reserving 
  calabashes, 
  for 
  food 
  and 
  for 
  oil 
  ; 
  and 
  so 
  they 
  devoured 
  

   their 
  deadly 
  enemy 
  all 
  within 
  their 
  own 
  stomachs 
  ; 
  but 
  all 
  the 
  dead 
  they 
  

   buried 
  in 
  a 
  pit. 
  

  

  Then 
  every 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  valiant 
  warriors 
  returned 
  to 
  their 
  own 
  homes. 
  

   The 
  name 
  of 
  that 
  village, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  for 
  a 
  while 
  encamped, 
  was 
  

   Mangungu 
  (i.e., 
  broken 
  bones). 
  

  

  So 
  much 
  for 
  thy 
  victorious 
  work 
  ! 
  thou 
  all-devouring 
  throat 
  of 
  man, 
  

   that 
  thou 
  shouldest 
  even 
  seek 
  to 
  eat 
  and 
  to 
  hunt 
  after 
  the 
  flesh 
  of 
  monsters 
  

   as 
  food 
  for 
  thee 
  ! 
  

  

  8. 
  The 
  Killing 
  of 
  Kataore. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  fame 
  of 
  those 
  victors 
  who 
  had 
  killed 
  the 
  monster 
  Pekehaua 
  

   reached 
  the 
  variou.s 
  towns 
  and 
  villages 
  of 
  Tarawera, 
  of 
  Eotokakahi, 
  and 
  

   of 
  Okataina, 
  the 
  people 
  there 
  were 
  filled 
  with 
  wonder 
  at 
  the 
  bravery 
  of 
  those 
  

   men 
  who 
  had 
  essayed 
  to 
  destroy 
  that 
  terrible 
  and 
  malicious 
  man-devourer. 
  

  

  Then 
  they 
  began 
  to 
  think, 
  very 
  likely 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  monster 
  in 
  the 
  road 
  

   to 
  Tikitapu, 
  because 
  the 
  travelling 
  companies 
  going 
  by 
  that 
  place 
  to 
  Eotorua 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  words 
  are 
  : 
  " 
  Koteriu 
  o 
  Taiie-Maliuta 
  ;" 
  lit., 
  the 
  hollow 
  stomach, 
  or 
  centre 
  of 
  

   Tane-Mahuta 
  — 
  i.e., 
  the 
  god 
  of 
  forests 
  ; 
  Tane-Mahuta 
  being 
  the 
  god 
  of 
  forests. 
  

  

  t 
  Ten 
  kinds 
  are 
  here 
  enumerated, 
  all 
  of 
  hardwood 
  and 
  hard 
  white 
  whale's-bone, 
  

  

  