of his bravery be great and the signs of that bravery be small?’ That ended, he greeted the tribe, and the tribe him, and the tribe expressed its satisfaction that Ruataupare had married him. Then came the news that all the pas on this side of Whareponga were assembling in their chief pa at Tokaanu. The tribes on the south side of Whareponga River gathered at Kokai and Tokatea. When the army of Tuwhakairiora was ready, and the provisions for the expedition, they started. To look at them, a single glance took them all in, but they went in high spirits under the good omens of Tuwhakairiora. The plan of the pa had already been carefully explained to him. When they reached the beach at Tirau they were sighted by the scouts, and the report was being spread among their many thousands, ‘We shall not each get a share to taste, some will have to be content with earth to-morrow.’ When the army reached Paepaenui it was evening, they were still saying, ‘A single glance covers them all; there will not even be a taste for the mouth.’ In the morning, while it was still dark, the battalions of the expedition took up their positions in three divisions; there was the main battalion, the Whare; the Puarere, the battalion detailed to effect an entrance into the pa and to burn it; and the Patari, or battalion of warriors and braves. The battalions of the enemy were already descending, taking up their positions, battalion by battalion, an immense multitude. There were visible the garments of the chiefs and braves, various patterns of dogs'-skin capes, black and white, cloaks of kiwi and pigeon-feathers, and handsome flax cloaks, and the adornments of the battalions in their positions—the plumes on their heads resembled terns upon a sandbank, the products of Taurikomore and Tauritoatoa. Then he gave his orders to his army, to the three battalions. ‘This is good fortune: if he had remained in the pa we would have had a long business; but now he has come forth he will soon succumb, and your hand will ache with the slaughter.’ Then he said to one of the battalions, the Puarere, ‘The object of your attack is the pa; as for the battalions in position facing you, trample them under; when you have gained the position, give a shout and advance in column. When you get into the pa, set it on fire. When I call to you, start to your feet.’ He then gave orders to the main battalion, the Whare-o-te-riri,*Whare-o-te-riri consisted of warriors of noted bravery.—See Vol. XI, p. 133. and some of the braves whom he had chosen to accompany him. He turned the butt of his taiaha upwards, and shouted