THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE EFATESE 761 
tremendous swing of a long rope fixed to the sky. He sat in this 
swing, and Mauitikitiki swung him so that he went far out of 
sight ; then from the swing he cast his. hook, and, as the swing 
swept backwards, hauled up a land from the sea. Maui-tikitiki 
then took his place in the swing, and in like manner cast his hook, 
but in vain. Tamakaia hauled up all lands: when hauling up 
Natonga (distant or foreign lands, as Australia, England, &c.) his 
hook broke. It should have been noted that just as Maui-tikitiki 
had concealed his garden from Tamakaia, so the wife of Maui- 
tikitiki, in conjunction with her husband, had concealed the sea 
from him at first. It was shut in, in an enclosure, and he only 
discovered it by watching her when she went to bathe in it. He 
opened the door of the enclosure, and the sea, let loose, rushed 
out and spread all over the world as we now see it. 
In another version of this story, of which the above contains 
the essential points, no mention is made of the swing. Tamakaia 
went out to sea, and, looking down, saw the various lands beneath 
the waters. Coming back to Maui-tikitiki he said, ‘“*Do you see 
anything by which you can show your superiority over me?” He 
replied, ‘No; and if you do, produce it, and you will be the 
greater.” 
“Cast your hook,” said Tamakaia, “and get mea fish.” He 
caught a turtle. 
“ Cook it,” said Tamakaia, “that I may eat.” He then drew 
up Tongoa from the sea, and founded it upon the bones of the 
turtle. 
This process was repeated for every land. When Epi was 
drawn up it touched heaven. Tamakaia knocked it down, hence 
the great length of that island. 
“Cast your hook,” said Tamakaia, ‘“‘and get me a fish.” Maui- 
tikitiki did so, and got a whale. 
“ Cook it,” said Tamakaia, “that I may eat.” He then drew 
up Efate from the sea depths, and founded it upon the bones of 
the whale. 
“ Cast your hook,” said Tamakaia, ‘‘and get mea fish.” Maui- 
tikitiki did so, and got a porpoise and a dugong. Their bones 
were made by Tamakaia the foundation of Sydney (that is, of 
Australia). 
At this point the grey-haired heathen (it is nearly twenty years 
ago) who was gravely narrating the story was interrupted by a 
travelled native standing by, who said, “‘ No Sydney ; England.” 
In drawing up Sydney and England (Natonga), however, so 
heavy was it aaah bulumakau (cattle), &e., that Tamakaia’s rope 
broke, and, but for that accident, there would now be overland 
communication between Australia and the New Hebrides. 
“ Tamakaia then got the skin of a banana, and made a boat of 
it, determined to go and see England,” continued the old man. 
