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bundle of the fuel, for it was evening, and dark. The men 
of the pa assembled within the house, to question the per- 
son who had been speared by Wakatau as to his appearance ; 
one stood up and asked if Wakatau were like him, did the 
fellow resemble me ? the wounded man indistinctly said, 
Short person, large face, great eyes ; he sat down, another 
arose and asked, was he like me ? the other replied, no ; 
he sat down, then another stood up, and put the same ques- 
tion as before, thus they went on until every one in the 
house had made the inquiry, at last Wakatau arose to 
question the man, Was he like me ? Mangourutapena, the 
man who was wounded in the tongue, looked steadfastly at 
Wakatau, and examined his person attentively, then he ex- 
claimed, 1 am almost convinced you are Wakatau himself, 
yes, you are; immediately Wakatau seized his weapon, and 
brandished it from one side of the house to the other ; he 
hastened to fly by the pihanga, opening in the roof above, 
he escaped outside, he flew to the window and closed the 
door of the house the day dawned and the sky was red, he 
had set fire to the house, the sky was very red, the men of 
his place knew that the Tihi-o-manono had fallen by Wa- 
katau, because the sky was very red ; the house was burnt, 
and the thousands of Poporokewa perished in its flames. 
Wakatau potiki asked the slave whose life he had spared, 
where is the road by which Porokewa descends to his cave, 
for he did not live with his tribe in the Tihi-o-manono, the 
slave said, by the roof ; Wakatau again asked, how when he 
comes forth ? snare him : again Wakatau potiki inquired, 
what is the call ? the slave answered thus : Poporokewa — 
oh ! arise, he will growl, then cry, this is the spring, they 
earth up the kumara. Wakatau potiki departed, he went to 
his abode aud pushed, aside the covering of grass, and 
discovered the path, by which he descended. Wakatau 
laid his snare round the opening at the mouth of the pit, 
to snare Poporokewa, when he had finished the placing 
it, he called Poporokewa — ho ! a growl ascended, 0 come 
forth, come forth, this is the spring, they till the kumara, 
come to karakia ; — a yes ascended from Poporokewa, he ap- 
