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 slowly the waters poured off the land, leaving the surface of the earth marked out with greater diversity of hill and vale than before. Ao was acknowledged the victor, for the marine gods had been baffled, and the cliffs of Mangaia still look down in pride upon the vain efforts of the beating sea.



Food had been very scarce in the village, so the chief Kana called his men together and formed a hunting party to catch the Kiwi, a kind of large wingless bird sometimes to be found in the forest. The party set out and passed over many streams and hills, but were rewarded with little game despite all their exertions. When nightfall was near at hand 