the carcase and penetrated into the interior they found to their astonishment heaps of the bodies of those devoured by the dragon, and with them were found their mats and weapons. The victors buried the bodies of the poor slain human beings, and, having lighted their cooking fires, feasted, like true New Zealanders, on the body of the foe.
pe′-ri-od
mes′-sen-ger
vi′-o-lent
un-u′-su-al-ly
ca′-ble
tight′-en-ing
foam
lee′-ward
throat
flur′-ried
di-vis′-ion
war′-ri-or
cir-cu′-i-tous, going round in a circle.
in-ge-nu′-i-ty, ready invention, quickness of mind.
champ′-ing, moving the jaws as if eating noisily.
fi′-brous, consisting of substance like threads.
lee′-ward, the side opposite to that whence the wind blows.
car′-cass, the dead body of an animal.
LESSON XIV.
THE WAR OF WATERS.
(Mangaia.)
The island of Mangaia is now a place of fair valleys and hills, but formerly it was shaped like a gentle-sloping mound having no rifts or hollows from the summit to the sea.
Among the gods were two who disputed which should do the most wonderful thing;
