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TE HEUHEU. 
occurred, and from one sleep they passed into another—the 
sleep of death. 
The Chief’s body was kept concealed, according to the 
custom with great ariki, for about four years; it was then 
exhumed, and laid in state, dressed in the finest native 
garments, and placed in a highly-ornamented coffin, which 
was supported on a pole,* until 1850, when it was privately 
conveyed to Tongariro, with the intention of being thrown 
down the crater of that volcano; but the difficulty of the 
ascent had not been sufficiently considered, and the bearers 
were contented to leave it on a ledge of rock, which projected 
from the side of the mountain. 
* See Vignette, page 32. 
HE KOROTI, AN ANCIENT WEAPON OF WAR. 
