﻿CoLENSO. 
  — 
  On 
  a 
  letter 
  Knowlecli/e 
  of 
  the 
  Maori 
  Race. 
  97 
  

  

  they 
  made 
  up 
  their 
  minds 
  to 
  halt, 
  so 
  they 
  sat 
  down. 
  Then 
  it 
  was 
  that 
  the 
  

   people 
  in 
  the 
  villages, 
  under 
  the 
  chief 
  Tangaroamihi, 
  gazed 
  watchfully 
  

   upon 
  that 
  armed 
  party 
  there 
  encamped, 
  thinking 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  their 
  

   enemies 
  coming 
  to 
  fight 
  and 
  to 
  kill 
  ; 
  hut 
  in 
  this 
  they 
  were 
  deceived, 
  it 
  heing 
  

   altogether 
  a 
  different 
  party. 
  

  

  A 
  long 
  time 
  the 
  party 
  remained 
  there, 
  watching 
  and 
  waiting, 
  but 
  

   nothing 
  came. 
  At 
  last 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  chiefs 
  got 
  up 
  and 
  said 
  — 
  " 
  Where- 
  

   abouts 
  does 
  this 
  noxious 
  beast 
  that 
  destroys 
  men 
  dwell 
  ?" 
  Then 
  another 
  of 
  

   those 
  chiefs 
  replied 
  — 
  " 
  Who 
  knows 
  where, 
  in 
  the 
  water, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  stony 
  cliff 
  

   that 
  overhangs 
  yonder 
  ?" 
  On 
  this 
  they 
  set 
  to 
  work, 
  and 
  closely 
  examined 
  

   that 
  lake 
  ; 
  but 
  alas 
  ! 
  the 
  monster 
  was 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  there 
  ; 
  nevertheless, 
  

   the 
  appearance 
  of 
  that 
  water 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  forbidding 
  fearful 
  character, 
  that 
  is 
  

   to 
  say, 
  the 
  fear 
  was 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  peculiar 
  glitter 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  as 
  if 
  

   strangely 
  and 
  darkly 
  shaded, 
  having 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  whence 
  

   the 
  greenstone 
  is 
  obtained. 
  But 
  notwithstanding 
  all 
  that, 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  

   detect 
  any 
  kind 
  of 
  chasm 
  or 
  deep 
  dark 
  hole 
  in 
  all 
  that 
  lake, 
  like 
  the 
  hole 
  in 
  

   which 
  Pekehaua 
  was 
  found. 
  

  

  Then 
  certain 
  of 
  the 
  chiefs- 
  said 
  to 
  the 
  priests, 
  " 
  Begin, 
  go 
  to 
  work 
  ; 
  select 
  

   some 
  of 
  your 
  potent 
  charms 
  and 
  spells." 
  So 
  those 
  were 
  chosen 
  and 
  used 
  ; 
  

   the 
  priests 
  recited 
  their 
  charms, 
  causing 
  stinging 
  like 
  nettles, 
  and 
  their 
  

   charms 
  of 
  stitching 
  together, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  bubbles 
  might 
  speedily 
  arise 
  to 
  the 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  lake, 
  if 
  so 
  be 
  that 
  the 
  monster 
  they 
  sought 
  was 
  there 
  in 
  the 
  

   water. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  priests 
  arose, 
  upon 
  the 
  word 
  spoken 
  forth 
  

   by 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  party, 
  and 
  said, 
  " 
  It 
  is 
  all 
  to 
  no 
  purpose 
  ; 
  not 
  a 
  

   single 
  burst, 
  or 
  rising, 
  or 
  bubble 
  has 
  arisen 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  Tikitapu." 
  

  

  Then 
  they 
  turned 
  their 
  attention 
  upwards 
  to 
  the 
  stony 
  cliff 
  which 
  stood 
  

   before 
  them 
  ; 
  when, 
  before 
  they 
  had 
  quite 
  finished 
  their 
  spell, 
  causing 
  nettle- 
  

   stinging, 
  and 
  were 
  reciting 
  their 
  lifting 
  and 
  raising 
  charms, 
  a 
  voice 
  was 
  

   heard 
  roaring 
  downwards 
  from 
  the 
  overhanging 
  precipice 
  at 
  Moerangi, 
  as 
  if 
  

   it 
  were 
  the 
  creaking 
  of 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  forest 
  when 
  violently 
  agitated 
  by 
  the 
  

   gale 
  ; 
  then 
  they 
  knew 
  and 
  said, 
  " 
  Alas 
  ! 
  the 
  monster's 
  home 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  cave 
  

   in 
  the 
  stony 
  cliff." 
  

  

  Upon 
  this 
  the 
  whole 
  body 
  of 
  170 
  arose 
  and 
  stood 
  ready 
  for 
  action 
  ; 
  foi' 
  

   glad 
  they 
  also 
  were 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  found 
  food 
  for 
  their 
  inner 
  man. 
  In 
  their 
  

   uprising, 
  however, 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  forgetful, 
  for 
  they 
  immediately 
  commenced 
  

   reciting 
  their 
  powerful 
  charms 
  and 
  spells 
  ; 
  all 
  were 
  used, 
  of 
  each 
  and 
  every 
  

   kind 
  — 
  none 
  were 
  left 
  unsaid; 
  the 
  several 
  priests 
  made 
  use 
  of 
  all,* 
  that 
  

   being 
  their 
  peculiar 
  work. 
  

  

  They 
  now 
  set 
  to 
  work, 
  and 
  soon 
  they 
  got 
  near 
  to 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  * 
  Seven 
  or 
  eiglit 
  kinds 
  of 
  charms 
  and 
  spells 
  are 
  here 
  also 
  particularized, 
  and 
  thea 
  

   the 
  remainder 
  given 
  in 
  a 
  Itunp, 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  