WAR CEREMONIES. 
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Ka toa te tama ; 
Ka wai korou te tama. 
Tohia te tama nei. 
Kia riri, kia nguba, — 
Kia wakataka te watu. 
Makani ki tai, no Tu, 
Karo patu, ki tai no Tu. 
Te toa rere, te toa mahuta. 
The boy will be brave ; 
The boy will possess thought. 
Name this boy. 
That be may be angry, that be 
may flame, — 
To make the bail fall. 
Dedicate him to fight for Tu. 
Ward off the blow, that be may 
fight for Tu. 
The man of war jumps, and wards 
off the blows. 
Here the ceremony terminated, and the assembly, as if 
inspired, jumped up and rushed to the fight, while the priest 
repeated the following karakia, standing on some elevated 
spot, from which he could command a view of the battle : — 
Tenei hoki te tuputupu we- Thus also is the springing up of 
nua. the earth. 
Ka . . . . i . . . . ta. Let not your breath fail you. 
After the battle was over, the priest called those who 
survived, and enquired of each if he had killed any one, or 
taken any prisoners ; • all who had been in battle before 
delivered up their weapons to him, who then deposited them 
in the house where they were kept ; those who had fought 
for the first time were called, and asked if they had killed 
any one ; if the person addressed replied in the affirmative, 
the priest demanded his weapon and broke it in pieces; 
this was the invariable custom with young warriors, when 
they had imbued their hands in the blood of their enemies. 
The priest having afterwards assembled them together, used 
the following words, which were called the Halm, breath — 
Ha — ba — ba — 
Tena te bau, te bau ka wan- 
gai, 
He bau binga — 
He bau ora, oi ! 
Ko tamangemange o Tu. 
This is tbe wind, tbe wind is 
feeding, 
Tbe wind descends — 
Tbe wind is prosperous. 
Tbe many sacred things of Tu. 
