200 REMARKS AND OPINIONS. 



for a knifcj to assist in cutting cocoa-leaves for the 

 roof, but they refused hini ; one, however, gave it 

 him and he cut a bundle of leaves, but he cursed 

 all the workmen except the otie who had favoured 

 him, so that they were changed into immoveable 

 statues. Lugeleri, however, the master of the 

 house, inquired for his workmen, and he was told 

 that they had been turned into immoveable statues* 

 By this Lugeleng and Aluelap knew that Olifat 

 was wandering about in heaven* They asked the 

 man who was still employed in cutting cocoa-leaves 

 for the house, whether he had not seen any thing 

 about, and he answered, that he had seen nothing 

 but a Canduru^ (a kind of sand-snipe, into which 

 bird Olifat had changed himself.) They sent the 

 man to call the CandurUy but when he did it the 

 bird was frightened at the voice, and flew away* 

 The man reported it, and the gods asked him what 

 he had told the bird. He answered, he had told 

 him to come. They sent him again, and com*- 

 manded him to order the bird to depart, because 

 he obstructed the chiefs. He immediately did so» 

 and the bird instantly came. He forbid him to go 

 farther, and to sit in the presence of the chiefs, 

 and the bird immediately did what he was for- 

 bidden. As soon as he was seated, Lugeleng com^ 

 manded the workmen who had been petrefied in 

 the wood to be called together, and they soon 

 came, to the great astonishment of the spectators, 

 for Lugeleng and Aluelap alone knew that it 

 was Olifat. 



