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WAR CEREMONIES. 
Hil^itia mai tau rakau ki runga Lift your weapon above upon the 
te wata; altar ; 
Tau rakau kia kai mai koutou; Your weapon, that you may be 
permitted to cat; 
Tau rakau bikihiki taiaroa, Brandish your weapon with a yell, 
TT lkibi ki taiaroa, tainotinotipiopio Brandish with a prolonged yell.* 
loudly demanding utu, or revenge, for her husband’s death. There were many 
captives on hoard. She jumped into the canoe with a hatchet in her hand. 
The poor fellows, knowing that their doom was sealed, without a murmur, of 
their own accord laid their heads over the sides of the canoe, and met their 
fate from her hands; sixteen thus fell victims to her fury. Mr. Puckey, an 
eye witness, narrated the circumstance to me. 
* For much of this information, which relates to the Rarawa, I am indebted 
to the Rev. J. Matthews, of Kaitaia. 
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