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upon ; and that, while peace lasted, nobody had thought 
of Rauperahas, supreme control. They had learned 
to consider the land their own ; they had even laughed 
at the remonstrances of RangihaeaUi a]x)ut selling the 
Manawatu ; and they had wished to get White men 
amongst them. He even said, that while there was no 
anger, Rauperahas claim would not have been ac- 
knowledged. But the ririy or " anger," he said, had 
made a great difference; and the land was gone back 
agfiin to him who had first taken it. It was true; the 
JVgatiraukawa had no land but Taupo and Maunga 
Tautari (a district between TVmhaio and the Bay of 
Plenty). 
And then he rose to endeavour to persuade Raupe- 
ruha to change his determination. He reminded him 
of ** the war-parties which he had brought him on 
" his back, to assist him against his enemies, through 
" dangers and troubles more than he could count." 
He related how " he had burned the villages of the 
*' tribe at Taupo to make them come with him to be 
*' by the side of Rauperaha on the sea-coast." He 
counted "how many times they had adhered to him 
"in his feuds with the Ngatiawa,*' and described 
"how much blood of the Ngatiraukawa had been 
*' spilt for his name." E Ahu had now warmed with 
his subject, and was running up and down, bounding 
and yelling at each turn, and beginning to foam at 
the mouth, as the natives do when they mean to speak 
impressively. " Let the cows go !" he cried ; " let 
"them go to my place!" 
Raj/peraha seemed to consider that EAhus eloquence 
was becoming too powerful, and he jumped up too. 
They both continued to run up and down in short 
parallel lines, yelling at each other, grimacing and 
foaming, and (juivering their hands and smacking 
