NOTES ON THE TANNESE 671 



On Aimoa — a Maliori colony — there are no such names. 

 The moons are named on Erroraanga and Futuna (?). 

 Whatever the imi)ortance attached to these names in past 

 ages very httle notice seems to he taken of them now. 



8. Winds. — Terms of navigation. These must go together, 

 for it is hkely that some names of minor winds are terms 

 used in navigation. There are four main winds — Liiatii, 

 Tonga, Tfikalau, and Balahu. 



(1.) Luatu embraces all winds from N.W. x N. to N.E. 

 X N. It is comjjrised of the following winds : — Luat-matua 

 (matua is to steer a canoe with the paddle, the helmsman 

 sitting in the stern with the paddle in the water close by the 

 side of the canoe. The etlect is that of a fish fin). It extends 

 from N W. x N. to N. x W. Luatii-alali (the Luatu 

 turning round) from N. x AV. to N. x E. Luatii-iim.lai. 

 I do not know the meaning of umlai. But this wind is 

 specially humid. It extends from N. x E, to a little past 

 N.N.E., Laat-natonqa. It is the junction of Luatu and the 

 Tonga. From a httle E. of N.N.E. to N.E. Atii, in this 

 dialect, means " to belay " a rope. Whether the fastening 

 of a rope gives the name to the wind or the wind gives the 

 term used for fastening a rope, I cannot say. But in certain 

 circumstances a canoe would go on with no more trouble to 

 the mariners than the setting and fastening of the sail. 



(2.) Tonga. This is a word appearing all over the Pacific, 

 varying in form and meaning. Here it is the name of the 

 wind from N.E. x N. to S. x E. And if we identify 

 Tuka (lau) with Tonga then we must include the wind 

 round to S.W. x AV. Meantime I exclude Tiikalau. The 

 Tonga, however, must be divided into two parts; — 



(a.) Natonga. From N.E. x N. to E. x S. The sub- 

 wmds of this division are neither numerous nor well defined. 

 First we have Luat-natonga, bordering on the Li'iatii. Then 

 Natonga ruan, " the wldtc natonga," about E.N.E., and 

 Ulkonga Natonga, bordering on the Uli-tonga, about E. x S. 



(?).) The Uli . From E. x S. to S. x E. The 



sub-winds are numerous and well defined, which is always 

 the case with the ])eople who get their winds over the land, 

 from adjacent islands, or through straits. This is not so 

 when the winds come off an expanse of ocean. The sub- 

 winds are: — Uti-tonga-natariga or iini natonga, from E. x S. 

 to a little south of E.S.E. Uli-tonga-Pitan (Uli-tonga 

 woman), about S.E. x E. Uli-tonga Yeriiman (U. t. man) 



