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Rh from the tribe nor shirked the often heavy tasks imposed upon him.

The paheka soon became an adept in the woodcraft of the Maoris. He accompanied the young men of the tribe on their forest expeditions, bird-

snaring and bird-spearing; these camping-out trips sometimes lasted for a week or more. Far into the solitudes of the great woods the little hunting-parties penetrated, always armed, for they never knew when or where the Government Maori scouts might be encountered. The days were spent in birding and pig-hunting, and the long nights by the blazing