GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE POLYNESIANS. 
THE TAHITIAN 
O Havaii te tumu. Mai Havaiiatu 
te taata ite mau fenua atoa; ua 
tae 1 na hiti e ati roa a’e. 
I tae na Hitia, i te Tuamotu e i 
Maareva. 
I tae na To’a, na Tupua’i; na 
Rurutu na Fenua-ura; na Rima- 
tara ; na Rimatara e nate Aotea- 
roa o te Maori. 
I tae na Too’a, na Manitia; na 
Raroto’a; na Atiu; na Ahuahu; 
na Aitutati; na Vavau. I taena 
Hamoa na Tutu-ira, Uporu, e na 
Tavai'i ; i tae roa na reira. 
I tae na Toerau, na Ma’atea, na 
Nwuhiva-roa, ei Aihi ahuahu. 
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CIRCUIT OF NAVIGATION. 
Havaii was the origin. From thence 
people spread forth to all lands ; 
and they arrived at the encom- 
passing borders. 
They went east to the Paumotu 
(isles) and to Mangareva. 
They went south to Tupuai; to 
Fenua-ura to Rurutu; to Rima- 
tara; to Rimatara and to the 
Aotea-roa of the Maori. 
They went to the west to Manitia, 
to Rarotonga ; to Atiu; to Ahu- 
ahu; to Aitutaki; to Vavau (of 
the Friendly Isles); and on to 
Samoa ; to Tutuila, to Upolu, and 
to Savai’i; they arrived in all that 
direction, 
They went north to Makatea, to 
distant Nw uhiva(Marquesas), and 
to burning Aihi (Hawaii). 
ADOPTION OF NAMES. 
Te fenua e tona i’0a e rave mai; te 
fenua nei e te i’oa i topa’tu. 
O Tahaa ra, o Uporu ia: 0 Haapape 
o Uporu i Tahiti; o Poraporara, 
o Vayau ia; o Pape-noo o Vavau 
i Tahiti ; o Hiva tei uta i Tahiti, 
o Raiatea e tei pihai rii atu o 
Hamoa. 
The lands took different names 
these lands adopted names: 
Tahaa was called Uporu ; and Point 
Venus was Uporu in Tahiti ; 
Porapora was called Vavau, and 
Pape-noo was Vavau in Tahiti ; 
there was Hiva inland in Tahiti, 
and there was Hiya in Raiatea, 
and close by it is Hamoa. 
With reference to the above chant, Havaii is the ancient name 
of Raiatea, and as I have shown, the same as that particular, 
Hawaiki whence I believe some of the Maoris came to New 
Zealand. Tuamotu is the former name of the Pau-motu group. 
Maareva is Mangareva or Gambier Island. Tupuai and Rurutu 
are still known by those names ; they lie to the E.S.E. of Raro- 
tonga, and form part of the Austral group. Fenua-ura is the 
ancient name of Manuae in the Hervey Islands. Manitia is 
intended for Mangaia, the other ancient name of that island 
being Ahuahu. Atiu, Rarotonga, and Ai-tutaki are well-known 
islands in the Cook group. In the latter name will be noticed 
the Tahitian objection to the letter ‘‘k,” which they render in the 
chant by “t”. Aihi is Waihi, an ancient Tahitian name for the 
Sandwich Islands, as is shown in the following quotation from 
