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they had collected, which he bound on two small twigs of 
koromiko ; these he raised above his head, one in each hand, 
the people doing the same, except that they used twigs 
without any hair ; they remained in this posture whilst the 
priest offered a prayer for the future welfare of the tribe. 
He then cast the twigs with the hair bound to them from 
him, as did the warriors theirs, and all joined in this puha, 
or war song — 
Tupeke ! tupeke ! rua tupeke ! 
Baro tirohia mai taku kotore : 
Ae miro-miro, he weta-weta, ki te kai a te ika : 
Ka pepeke ruaki i te kai a te ika, ka tupeke ! 
Then standing quite naked, they clapped their hands to- 
gether, and struck them upon their thighs, in order to take 
off the tapu from their hands, which had been imbued in 
human blood ; when they arrived near their own pa, they 
marched slowly, and in order, towards the house of the 
principal tohunga, who stood in his wahi tapu, or sacred 
grove, ready to receive them ; as soon as they were about 
one hundred yards from him, he called out, I haere mai 
i hea te tere o Tu ? Whence comes the war party of 
Tu ? — Whereupon he was answered by the tohunga of the 
party, I haere mai i te himihanga te tere o Tu. The war 
party of Tu comes from the search . — I haere mai i hea te 
tere o Tu ? From whence comes the war party of Tu ? — 
I haere mai i te ranga-haunga te tere o Tu. The war party 
of Tu comes from the stinking place.— I haere mai i hea te 
tere o Tu ? From whence comes the war party of Tu ? — 
I haere mai i rung a ; i haere mai i raro ; i haere mai i te 
huru manu ; i haere mai i te tahitald ; i purongo hi reira ; 
i horero rongo hi reira. It comes from the south; it comes 
from the north ; it comes from the thicket where birds con- 
gregate ; it comes from the fortifications ; it made speeches 
there ; it heard news there. 
When they got near the principal tohunga, the warriors 
gave the remaining locks of hair to their own priest, who 
went forward and presented them to the chief one ; he 
