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  at 
  length 
  into 
  its 
  stomach, 
  there 
  the 
  cannibal 
  food 
  which 
  it 
  had 
  devoured 
  

   was 
  seen 
  ! 
  there 
  it 
  lay 
  — 
  women, 
  children, 
  men 
  — 
  with 
  their 
  garments 
  and 
  

   their 
  weapons. 
  Some 
  were 
  found 
  chopped 
  in 
  two, 
  both 
  men 
  and 
  weapons 
  ; 
  

   no 
  doubt 
  through 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  its 
  terrible 
  lips 
  in 
  seizing 
  them 
  ! 
  others 
  were 
  

   swallowed 
  whole, 
  very 
  likely 
  through 
  its 
  capacious 
  mouth 
  being 
  kept 
  open, 
  

   when 
  the 
  strong 
  internal 
  blasts 
  from 
  its 
  great 
  gullet 
  drew 
  down 
  the 
  men 
  

   into 
  its 
  stomach 
  ! 
  For 
  you 
  must 
  also 
  know, 
  that 
  this 
  cave 
  is 
  situated 
  near 
  

   to 
  the 
  water, 
  so 
  that 
  whenever 
  a 
  party 
  came 
  by 
  water 
  paddling 
  in 
  their 
  

   canoe 
  to 
  Tikitapu, 
  and 
  the 
  canoe 
  came 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  landing 
  place, 
  this 
  monster, 
  

   Kataore, 
  seeing 
  this, 
  came 
  out 
  of 
  its 
  cave, 
  and, 
  jumping 
  into 
  the 
  water, 
  

   took 
  the 
  canoe 
  with 
  the 
  men 
  in 
  it 
  into 
  its 
  stomach, 
  so 
  that 
  both 
  men 
  and 
  

   canoe 
  were 
  devoured 
  instantaneously 
  ! 
  

  

  The 
  victors 
  worked 
  away 
  until 
  they 
  had 
  taken 
  everything 
  out 
  of 
  its 
  big 
  

   maw, 
  both 
  the 
  goods 
  (of 
  clothing 
  and 
  instruments 
  as 
  before) 
  and 
  the 
  

   dead 
  ; 
  the 
  dead 
  they 
  buried 
  in 
  a 
  pit. 
  Then 
  they 
  finished 
  cutting 
  up 
  that 
  

   big 
  fish 
  ; 
  some 
  of 
  it 
  they 
  roasted 
  and 
  broiled 
  ; 
  and 
  some 
  they 
  rendered 
  down 
  

   in 
  its 
  own 
  fat, 
  and 
  preserved 
  in 
  calabashes 
  ; 
  and 
  so 
  it 
  came 
  to 
  pass 
  that 
  it 
  

   was 
  all 
  eaten 
  up, 
  as 
  good 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  stomach 
  of 
  man. 
  

  

  But 
  when 
  the 
  news 
  of 
  this 
  killing 
  was 
  carried 
  to 
  the 
  chief 
  Tangaroamihi, 
  

   to 
  whom 
  this 
  pet 
  Saurian 
  belonged, 
  and 
  he 
  heard 
  it 
  said 
  to 
  him, 
  — 
  " 
  What 
  

   is 
  this 
  they 
  have 
  done; 
  thy 
  pet 
  has 
  been 
  killed?" 
  The 
  chief 
  enquired, 
  "By 
  

   whom?" 
  and 
  they 
  answered, 
  "By 
  the 
  tribe 
  of 
  Tama" 
  (Ngatifcama). 
  On 
  

   hearing 
  this 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  Tangaroamihi 
  became 
  overcast 
  with 
  gloom, 
  on 
  

   account 
  of 
  his 
  dear 
  pet 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  killed 
  ; 
  and 
  this 
  deed 
  of 
  theirs 
  was 
  

   a 
  cause 
  of 
  enmity 
  and 
  war 
  between 
  Tangaroamihi 
  and 
  those 
  who 
  had 
  

   destroyed 
  his 
  pet; 
  and 
  it 
  remained 
  and 
  grew 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  root 
  of 
  evil 
  for 
  all 
  the 
  

   tribes. 
  Thus 
  the 
  story 
  ends. 
  

  

  It 
  should 
  be 
  briefly 
  noticed, 
  in 
  conclusion, 
  that 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  chief 
  

   (Tangaroamihi), 
  is 
  one 
  highly 
  suited 
  to 
  the 
  event; 
  or 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  

   to 
  him 
  at 
  an 
  earlier 
  date, 
  through 
  his 
  having 
  a 
  pet 
  reptile. 
  Tangaroa 
  is 
  

   the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  god, 
  or 
  creator 
  or 
  father 
  and 
  ruler, 
  of 
  aU 
  fishes 
  and 
  reptiles 
  ; 
  

   (though 
  Punga 
  is 
  sometimes 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  a 
  god 
  possessing 
  similar 
  powers, 
  

   but 
  perhaps 
  over 
  only 
  a 
  certain 
  natural 
  section 
  of 
  those 
  animals;*) 
  and 
  mihi 
  

   means, 
  to 
  show 
  affection 
  for, 
  or 
  to 
  lament 
  and 
  sigh 
  over, 
  any 
  one, 
  — 
  present 
  

   or 
  absent, 
  living 
  or 
  dead 
  ; 
  — 
  so 
  that 
  Tangaroamihi 
  might 
  mean, 
  (1) 
  that 
  this 
  

   chief 
  lamented 
  over 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  Taugaroa's 
  family, 
  or 
  tribe 
  ; 
  or 
  (2) 
  

   that 
  he 
  ever 
  liked 
  and 
  showed 
  great 
  affection 
  towards 
  one 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  * 
  Vide 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  fable, 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  Shark 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  Lizard," 
  and 
  

   the 
  note 
  there. 
  

  

  