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  caused 
  men's 
  hearts 
  to 
  dislike 
  greatly 
  that 
  way, 
  because 
  those 
  who 
  traveUed 
  

   by 
  it 
  were 
  lost 
  and 
  never 
  heard 
  of. 
  

  

  Therefore, 
  the 
  hearts 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  remained 
  alive 
  began 
  to 
  stir 
  within 
  

   them, 
  so 
  that 
  some 
  even 
  went 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  to 
  say 
  — 
  " 
  Perhaps 
  that 
  chief 
  

   Tangaroamihi 
  has 
  kiUed 
  and 
  destroyed 
  both 
  the 
  travelling 
  parties 
  and 
  the 
  

   armed 
  parties 
  who 
  travelled 
  by 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  Tikitapu." 
  But 
  that 
  chief 
  

   Tangaroamihi 
  had 
  shown 
  his 
  hospitality 
  and 
  expressed 
  his 
  kindly 
  feeling 
  to 
  

   the 
  enq[uirers 
  who 
  went 
  to 
  his 
  town 
  to 
  seek 
  after 
  those 
  who 
  were 
  missing. 
  

  

  Now, 
  however, 
  when 
  the 
  suffering 
  people 
  heard 
  of 
  the 
  exceeding 
  great 
  

   valour 
  of 
  those 
  four 
  chiefs 
  in 
  their 
  slaying 
  of 
  monsters, 
  then 
  they 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  how 
  best 
  to 
  fetch 
  them 
  to 
  come 
  and 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  look 
  at 
  Tikitapu. 
  

  

  So 
  their 
  messenger 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  those 
  brave 
  heroes, 
  and 
  when 
  they 
  heard 
  

   from 
  him 
  the 
  message, 
  they 
  all 
  bestirred 
  themselves, 
  that 
  same 
  170, 
  for 
  they 
  

   were 
  greatly 
  delighted 
  to 
  hear 
  of 
  more 
  work 
  for 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  hne 
  of 
  slaying 
  

   monsters. 
  So 
  they 
  immediately 
  commenced 
  preparations 
  for 
  then- 
  journey 
  

   to 
  Tikitapu, 
  some 
  in 
  pounding 
  fernroot, 
  some 
  in 
  digging-up 
  convolvulus 
  

   roots, 
  some 
  in 
  taking 
  whitebait 
  [Galaxias 
  attenuatus), 
  and 
  some 
  in 
  dredging 
  

   freshwater 
  mussels, 
  all 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  food 
  on 
  then- 
  journey 
  to 
  Taiapu, 
  to 
  the 
  

   mount 
  at 
  Moerangi, 
  for 
  Moeraugi 
  was 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  that 
  noxious 
  beast 
  

   called 
  Kataore 
  dwelt. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  morning, 
  at 
  break 
  of 
  day, 
  they 
  arose 
  and 
  started, 
  taking 
  their 
  

   first 
  meal 
  far 
  away 
  on 
  the 
  great 
  plain, 
  at 
  a 
  nice 
  kind 
  of 
  stopping-place. 
  

   When 
  they 
  had 
  scarcely 
  finished 
  their 
  meal 
  they 
  commenced 
  conversation 
  

   with 
  the 
  usual 
  talk 
  of 
  warriors 
  on 
  an 
  expedition 
  ; 
  for 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  they 
  did 
  

   not 
  exactly 
  know 
  whether 
  it 
  was 
  really 
  by 
  a 
  monster, 
  or 
  by 
  the 
  people 
  who 
  

   dwelt 
  thereabouts, 
  that 
  all 
  those 
  who 
  had 
  travelled 
  by 
  that 
  road, 
  whether 
  

   armed 
  parties 
  or 
  whether 
  singly, 
  had 
  been 
  destroyed. 
  

  

  When 
  this 
  armed 
  party 
  took 
  their 
  journey, 
  they 
  also 
  brought 
  away 
  with 
  

   them 
  the 
  necessary 
  ropes 
  and 
  such 
  things, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  previously 
  made 
  

   and 
  got 
  ready. 
  They 
  knew 
  that 
  such 
  (as 
  they 
  had 
  heard) 
  was 
  the 
  evil 
  

   state 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  roads 
  and 
  ways 
  of 
  that 
  place, 
  therefore 
  they 
  sat 
  awhile 
  and 
  

   considered, 
  knowing 
  very 
  well 
  the 
  work 
  they 
  had 
  in 
  hand. 
  

  

  However, 
  when 
  the 
  eatmg 
  and 
  talking 
  were 
  ended, 
  they 
  again 
  arose 
  and 
  

   recommenced 
  their 
  march. 
  They 
  entered 
  the 
  forest 
  and 
  traversed 
  it, 
  

   quitting 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side. 
  Then 
  the 
  priests 
  went 
  before 
  the 
  party 
  to 
  

   scatter 
  abroad 
  their 
  spells 
  and 
  charms, 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  their 
  Maori 
  

   recitations. 
  But 
  they 
  acted 
  just 
  the 
  same 
  on 
  this 
  as 
  on 
  former 
  occasions 
  

   already 
  related. 
  

  

  They 
  recited 
  all 
  the 
  charms 
  and 
  spells 
  they 
  had 
  used 
  against 
  both 
  

   Hotopuku''' 
  and 
  Pekehaua, 
  going 
  on 
  and 
  reciting 
  as 
  they 
  went; 
  at 
  last 
  

  

  * 
  Though 
  not 
  once 
  mentioned 
  or 
  aluidecT 
  to 
  iu 
  that 
  story. 
  

  

  