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invoked his aid, when he stretched out his arm at full 
length, and used the following prayer : — 
E te rangi komai he riri ! 0 heaven, give us anger. 
E te atua, homai he riri ! 0 god, give us anger. 
Another was uttered when they were alarmed by any 
sudden inroad of the enemy ; it was used by the toa } or 
warrior, whilst putting on his belt and mere, which he took 
from his resting place, where they formed his pillow, as it 
was the head which gave them sanctity : — 
Tukia i roto te wara waka- 
arahia : 
Ka riri te mata o Tu. 
Ka nguha te mata o Tu. 
E Tu, wahia te rangi. 
Homai taku tu kia numia. 
Kia rawea, 
He maro riri, he maro nguha ; 
He maro kaitaua ; 
He maro takarokaro whenua. 
They thought of killing me in the 
house, but I have arisen. 
The face of Tu is angry. 
The face of Tu flames. 
0 Tu, divide the heavens. 
Give me my strength to abide, 
That I may be quick to take. 
Long and strong anger and 
flaming ; 
Strong to devour the battle ; 
Strong for the play of war. 
When they went to war, they were separated from their 
wives, and did not again approach them until peace was 
proclaimed ; hence, during a period of long-continued fight- 
ing, they remarked that their wives were widows. In time 
of war they used to signal one another ; this was done by 
different kinds of whistling, or a large speaking trumpet, 
made of flax leaves, five or six feet long, which could be 
heard from a great distance. 
When a party attacking a pa had forced an entrance, they 
generally killed all within it; at the time of the slaughter, 
the victors pulled off a lock of hair from each victim, and 
also from those they saved as slaves, which they stuck in 
their girdles. When the carnage was over, they assembled 
in ranks, generally three deep, each party being headed by 
its own tohunga, to thank their gods, and propitiate their 
favor for the future ; when all the necessary arrangements 
were made, each gave the tohunga a portion of the hair 
