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Show 18k tained from the burning of resinous wood or the gum of the kauri nine. This he mixed with x^ater and the iuice of berries of the mahoe tree. His main instrument was the Phi, made from a niece of albatross bone, ground flat, thin and pointed, with a narrow cutting edge. A fully tattooed man had his face covered with varied designs, and seme even had their thighs and buttocks similarly adorned. At first Roa flinched, with each painful tap of the sharp cutting tool, but gradually he accustomed himself to it and lav very rigid with beads of perspiration standing out unon his face. Hour after hour the tapping went en as the old man tapned out his design unon Roa's forehead, around his eyes and nose, whorling around the cheeks, and down and across the solid chin, ^weat and blood would run into Roa's eyes and sting until the old man would wipe it out for him. Pain gradually turned to numbness. His face felt like raw pulp, as hour after weary hour the ordeal went on. Suddenly the old man said, "It is finished." Two more days and nights thev remained alone in the forest. Roa's face swelled horribly and |
