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*¢ The king's title is Otoo-noo-ey-te- Atéoa ; 
the meaning of which we do not clearly un- 
derstand, but as the word Atéoa is used to 
express the object of hac it is doubtless 
as full of arrogancy and pride as is possible. 
His house is called Yow-rye, (clouds of hea- 
ven ;) his double canoe, Andoanooa, (the rain- 
bow ;) his manner of riding on the shoul- 
ders of an attendant, Mahéwia, (fying 5) his 
torch, Qowéera, (lightning) ; and adrum that 
is frequently beating for his amusement, Pa- 
Zéere, (thunder.)” 
The mythology of Tongataboo, is 
not so well understood : they believe in 
Tongaloer the god of the sky, and Fe- 
noulonga the god of the rain. Besides 
these, they have many others of both 
sexes, over earth, sea, and sky, acting in 
their ewn spheres; and sometimes coun- 
teracting one another, as interest or in- 
<lination prompts them. They also ac- 
knowledge the existence of a great num- 
ber of strange gods, calling them by 
the _ 1 name of Fyga; among 
whom they rank ours as the greatest : 
and when they think it will answer their 
purpose, they readily acknowledge him 
to be far wiser, and in every respect 
better than their own; having taught 
us to make so much better ships, tools, 
cloth, &c. than they have ever been able 
to do. They likewise imagine that every 
individual is under the power and con- 
troul of a spirit peculiar to himself, which 
they call Odooa, who interests himself 
in all their concerns ; but is little regard- 
ed till angry, when they think he inflicts 
upon them all the deadly disorders to 
which they are subject, and then to ap- 
pease him, the relations and other con- 
nections of the afflicted person, espe- 
cially if he be a chief, beat their faces, 
iaboo themselves from certain kinds of 
food, or cut off their little finger, as an 
atonement for the sufferer. These sacri- 
fices of atonement, are extended even to 
life, as in Egypt; and, from the story 
of Alcestis, probably once in Greece. 
A shocking example occurred while the 
Duff was at Tongataboo. Moomooe 
being dangerously ill, sent for his son 
Rimnild, for the love of me, 
Every day that thou there be, 
To see the water lithe; 
And when thou seest my shadow there, 
Then trowe thou me na mare, 
Then am I bound to wive; 
And while thou seest my shadow not, 
Then changeth never my thought 
For no woman alive. 
Horn Childe and Maiden Rimnild. Rirsoy’s Romances. 
THEOLOGY AND ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS. 
Colelallo, who lived at some distane 
under pretext that he should cut off his 
little finger to appease the Odooa, that 
so his father might recover. But the 
old man not deeming this atonement 
sufficient, had resolved that he should 
be strangled. Colelallo, on his arrival, 
was cordially saluted by his elder bro- 
ther, and then went in to see his father. ~ 
He was immediately seized by theatten- 
dants. Comprehending atonce their in- 
tention, he told them that if they would 
use gentler means, he would submit to 
his father’s will; but they continuing 
their violence, he, by a desperate exer- 
tion, beat them off. More men were 
then called in, and, being assisted by his 
own sister, they accomplished his death. 
The soul, they say, is immediately 
after death conveyed in a very large 
fast-sailing canoe to a distant country 
called Doobludha, which is a paradise of 
sensual pleasures. 
most powerful o 
being only his servants. ‘Che frequent 
earthquakes which are felt there they 
explain by supposing that the island — 
ders of a mighty © 
deity called Mowee, who has supported 
rests upon the shou 
it for such a length of time as exceeds 
their conceptions. 
lasts some times after the shock is over. 
‘They even endeavour to quell his discon- 
tent, and reduce him to good behaviour, © 
by beating the ground with large sticks. — 
This fiction is quite classical. 
Fama est Enceladi semiustum fulmine corpus 
Urgeri mole hac,ingentemque insuperAetnam ~ 
Jnrypositam, ruptis flammam expirare caminis, 
E1 fessum quoties movet jatus, intremere om= — 
nem 
Murmure Trinacriam. 
Their temples appear to be regarded — 
as sanctuaries. During the war, when — 
the enemy were about to land at Akeefo, © 
Vol. III. 301. 
4 
a. 
Lies, 
Higgolayo, the god — 
of this happy a is the greatest and — 
all the gods, the others 
This heavy burthen _ 
often exhausts his patience, and then he © 
endeavours, but im vain, to shake it off. — 
The fear, however, excites a dreadful — 
outcry over the whole country, which — 
Be ee ee 
