﻿CoLENSO. 
  — 
  On 
  a 
  better 
  Knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  Maori 
  Race. 
  95 
  

  

  are 
  never 
  once 
  heard 
  of; 
  their 
  relations 
  are 
  continually 
  enquiring, 
  "Have 
  

   they 
  arrived 
  at 
  the 
  place 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  went?" 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  response 
  ; 
  

   therefore 
  they 
  are 
  dead. 
  Hence 
  it 
  follows 
  that 
  the 
  sad 
  thought 
  arises 
  

   within, 
  were 
  they 
  killed 
  by 
  some 
  monster 
  ? 
  or, 
  by 
  some 
  travelling 
  man 
  like 
  

   themselves 
  ? 
  or, 
  by 
  some 
  armed 
  marauding 
  party 
  of 
  the 
  enemy 
  ? 
  

  

  But 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  Tikitapu 
  and 
  of 
  Okareka, 
  whose 
  name 
  was 
  Tangaroa- 
  

   mihi, 
  knew 
  very 
  well 
  all 
  along 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  monstrous 
  beast 
  at 
  Tikitapu, 
  

   although 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  know 
  that 
  the 
  beast 
  there 
  residing 
  ate 
  up 
  men 
  ; 
  the 
  

   chief 
  always 
  believed 
  that 
  it 
  dwelt 
  quietly, 
  for 
  it 
  assumed 
  the 
  very 
  air 
  of 
  

   peace 
  and 
  quietness 
  whenever 
  the 
  chief 
  and 
  his 
  men 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  spot 
  where 
  

   it 
  dwelt 
  to 
  give 
  it 
  food 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  beast 
  also 
  knew 
  very 
  well 
  all 
  its 
  feeders, 
  and 
  

   all 
  those 
  who 
  used 
  it 
  tenderly 
  and 
  kindly. 
  Nevertheless, 
  when 
  they 
  had 
  

   returned 
  from 
  feeding 
  it 
  to 
  their 
  village, 
  and 
  any 
  other 
  persons 
  appeared 
  

   there 
  going 
  by 
  that 
  way, 
  then 
  that 
  monster 
  came 
  down 
  and 
  pursued 
  those 
  

   persons 
  and 
  devoured 
  them 
  as 
  food. 
  

  

  Now 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  acting 
  of 
  this 
  ugly 
  beast 
  was 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  

   a 
  (bad) 
  dog 
  which 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  tied 
  to 
  a 
  stick 
  (or 
  clog). 
  For 
  its 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   its 
  own 
  masters 
  was 
  great 
  ; 
  whenever 
  its 
  master, 
  Tangaroamihi, 
  went 
  there 
  

   to 
  see 
  it, 
  its 
  demeanour 
  was 
  wholly 
  quiet 
  and 
  tractable, 
  but 
  when 
  peo^Dle 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  another 
  and 
  strange 
  tribe 
  went 
  along 
  by 
  that 
  road, 
  then 
  it 
  arose 
  

   to 
  bark 
  and 
  growl 
  at 
  them 
  ; 
  so 
  that, 
  what 
  with 
  the 
  loud 
  and 
  fearful 
  noise 
  of 
  

   its 
  mouth, 
  and 
  the 
  sharp 
  rattlings 
  of 
  its 
  rings_ 
  and 
  leg-circlets, 
  great 
  fear 
  

   came 
  upon 
  them, 
  and 
  then 
  he 
  fell 
  on 
  them 
  and 
  ate 
  them 
  u^d. 
  

  

  Now 
  when 
  the 
  multitude 
  everywhere 
  heard 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  valour 
  of 
  those 
  

   men, 
  the 
  tribes 
  all 
  greatly 
  extolled 
  them, 
  and 
  wondered 
  exceedingly 
  at 
  the 
  

   prodigious 
  powers 
  of 
  those 
  four 
  chiefs. 
  

  

  Then 
  it 
  was 
  that 
  the 
  chiefs 
  of 
  Eotokakahi, 
  of 
  Tarawera, 
  of 
  Okataina, 
  

   and 
  of 
  Eotorua 
  began 
  to 
  understand 
  the 
  matter, 
  and 
  to 
  say, 
  "Oh! 
  there 
  is 
  

   perhaps 
  a 
  monster 
  also 
  dwelling 
  in 
  the 
  road 
  to 
  Tikitapu, 
  because 
  the 
  travel- 
  

   ling 
  parties 
  going 
  from 
  those 
  parts 
  to 
  Eotorua, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  those 
  coming 
  from 
  

   Eotorua 
  to 
  these 
  five 
  lakes, 
  are 
  never 
  heard 
  of." 
  For 
  when 
  the 
  travellers 
  

   went 
  to 
  Eotorua 
  by 
  the 
  road 
  of 
  Okareka 
  they 
  safely 
  arrived 
  thither; 
  and 
  

   so 
  when 
  they 
  returned 
  by 
  that 
  same 
  way 
  of 
  Okareka 
  they 
  reached 
  their 
  

   homes 
  in 
  safety 
  ; 
  — 
  -but 
  if 
  the 
  travellers 
  went 
  from 
  Tarawera 
  to 
  Eotorua 
  by 
  

   the 
  road 
  of 
  Tikitapu, 
  they 
  never 
  reached 
  Eotorua 
  at 
  all 
  ; 
  somehow 
  they 
  

   always 
  got 
  lost 
  by 
  that 
  road. 
  

  

  And 
  so 
  again 
  it 
  was 
  with 
  the 
  people 
  from 
  Eotokakahi, 
  travelhng 
  thence 
  

   to 
  Eotorua 
  ; 
  if 
  they 
  went 
  by 
  the 
  road 
  leading 
  by 
  Pareuru, 
  they 
  safely 
  

   arrived 
  at 
  Eotorua, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  returning 
  from 
  Eotorua 
  ; 
  if 
  they 
  came 
  back 
  

   by 
  that 
  same 
  road, 
  they 
  reached 
  their 
  villages 
  at 
  Eotokakahi 
  in 
  safety 
  ; 
  

   somehow, 
  there 
  was 
  something 
  or 
  other 
  in 
  that 
  road 
  by 
  Tikitapu 
  which 
  

  

  