WAR CEREMONIES. 
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their heads. After they had been sprinkled by the priest, 
he said, 
Tcna te au, te au ka noho,— 
Tc au o tenei tapu. 
Ka rii’i te tama; 
Ka nguha te tama; 
Ka toa te tama; 
Ka wai koron te tama. 
Tohia te tama nei. 
Ivia riri, kia nguha,— 
This is the spirit, the spirit is 
present,— 
The spirit of this tapu. 
The boy will be angry; 
The hoy will flame ; 
The boy will be brave; 
The boy will possess thought. 
Kame this boy. 
That he may be angry, that he 
may flame,— 
Kia wakataka te watu. 
Makani ki tai, no Tu. 
Karo patu, ki tai no Tu. 
Te toa rere, te toa mahuta. 
To make the hail fall. 
Dedicate him to fight for Tu. 
Ward off the blow, that he 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 wenua. The god of strength, or, let him 
be present. 
Ka .... i .... ta. Let not your breath fail you. 
After the battle was over, the priest called those who sur¬ 
vived, 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 mere —stone battle-axe—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 Haha :— 
Ha—ha—ha— 
Tena te hau, te hau ka wangai, Thisisthewind,thewindisfeeding, 
