26 INDEX TO THE PACIEIC ISLANDS. 



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 of the language of Efate, London, 1894; Hazlewood, D., A Feejeean and English Dic- 

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 1893 ; Williams, W. L., A Diclionary of the Neiu ZeaUuid Language, 4th ed., Anck- 

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 langue Polynesienne, Paris, 1853; Bopp, F, Verwandschaft der malayischc-polynesische 

 Spracken viit den indisch-eiiropaischen, Berlin, 1840. 



The illustrative sentence I have chosen is the invocation of the Lord's prayer, 

 "Our Father which art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name." — Matthew vi, 9. 



Haivaiian — E ko niakoii Makua iloko o ka lani, i hoanoia kou inoa. 

 Maori — E to maton Matna i te rangi, kia tapu ton ingoa. 

 Tahitian — E to maton Metna i te ao ra, ia raa to oe i'oa. 

 'J\>noan — Ko e man Tamai oku i he lagi, ke tabuha ho huafa. 

 Rarotongan — E to nuitou Metua i te ao ra, Kia tapu toon ingoa. 

 Sanioan — Lo maton Tama e o i le lagi, ia paia Ion suafa. 

 Rapatini — To matou Matua noho rangi e, ka tapu to koe ingoa. 



Fiji — Tama i keimami mai lomalagi Me vakarokorokotaki na j-acamu. 



Aneiteniu — Ak Etamama an nohatag, Etmu itaup nidam. 



Erronianga — Itemen e kam iinpokop, eti tumpora niu enugkik. 



Uea — Kamomun etho nvi drany, E so e kap iam. 



Mare — Cecewangoiehnij'ile ri awe ke! Hmijocengo ko re acekiwangoieni buango. 



Lifu — Tetetro i anganvihunieti e kohoti hnengodrai, jiniati e hniitote la atesiwa i enetilai. 



Motu — Ai Tamamai guba ai noho, oi ladamu baine ahelagaia. 



Gilbert /sVc?;/^.s— Tamara are i karawa, E na tabuaki aram. 



Moj-tlock — le ojon ami au pue iotok : Jam at me nono Ian. 



Rotnma — Ko otomis Oifa tae e lagi. La re titiaki se on asa. 



Kusaie — Papa tumus su in kosao, E'los oal payi. 



Ebon — ^Jememuij i Ion, En kwojarjar Etom. 



Ponape — ^Jam at me kotikot ualoh, mwar omwi en kakanaki er. (Old version.) 



Ponapc — ^Jam at me kotikot nalan, Almar omui en Jaraui ta. (New version.) 



Religion. — As has already been said the Polynesians were a religious people 



and their theogony was much the same on all the groups. The attributes of the gods 



differed widelj-, and the forms of worship as well. On the Hawaiian Group Maui, 



Kane and Lono were the great trinity while their subordinates were reckoned by the 



40,000 and the 400,000. Images were in demand and an odd beach-worn pebble would 



serve where the more elaborate carvings could not easil}- be obtained. Every guild 



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