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his aid, when he stretched out his arm at full length, and used 
the following prayer :— 
E te rangi homai he riri! 0 heaven, give us anger. 
E te atua, homai he riri! 0 god, give us anger. 
The following prayer was uttered when they were alarmed 
b} r 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: 
Iva 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, hut 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 he 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 pro¬ 
claimed. Hence, during a period of long-continued warfare, 
they remarked that their wives were widows. 
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 also to propitiate their favor 
for the future. When all the necessary arrangements were 
made, they each gave the tohunga a portion of the hair they 
had collected, which he bound on two small twigs of koromiko 
(veronica salicifolia); 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 
