He became involved in feuds with his northern neighbours, and finally marched to attack our old acquaintances the Whangaroans of _Boyd_ notoriety.

In a bush-fight with them he neglected to wear the suit of chain armour, the gift of George IV., which had saved his life more than once.

A shot fired by one of his own men struck him in the back and passed through a lung.
He did not die of the wound for fifteen months.

It is said that he used to entertain select friends by letting the wind whistle through the bullet-hole in his body.

Mr.Polack, who was the author of the tale, was not always implicitly believed by those who knew him; but as Surgeon-Major Thomson embodies the story in his book, perhaps a writer who is not a surgeon ought not to doubt it.
Of Hongi's antagonists none were more stubborn or successful than Te Waharoa, a fighting chief whose long life of warfare contains in it many stirring episodes of his times.