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A MISSION TO V1TI. 



Fijian Calendar. 



ACCOEDING TO SEEMANN. 



1. Vula i werewere = June, 



July, clearing month ; 

 when the land is cleared 

 of weeds and trees. 



2. Vula i cukicuki = August; 



when the yam -fields are 

 dug and planted. 



3. Vula i vavakadi = Sep- 



tember ; putting reeds 

 to yams to enable them 

 to climb up. 



4. Vula i Balolo lailai = Oc- 



tober; when the balolo 

 (Palolo viridis, Gray), a 

 remarkable Annelidan 

 animal, first makes its 

 appearance in small 

 numbers. 



5. Vula i Balolo levu = No- 



vember ; when the ba- 

 lolo (Palolo viridis, 

 Gray) is seen in great 

 numbers ; the 25th of 

 November generally is 

 the day when most of 

 these animals are caught. 



6. Vula i nuqa lailai = De- 



cember ; a fish called 

 ' ' nuqa " comes in in iso- 

 lated numbers. 



7. Vula i nuqa levu = Jan- 



uary ; when the nuqa 

 fish arrives in great num- 

 bers. 



ACCOBDING TO WILKES. 



1. Vulai were were, weeding 

 month. 



2. Vulai lou lou, digging 



ground and planting. 



3. Vulai Kawawaka. 



4. Bololo vava Konde. 



5. Bololo lid). 



6. Numa lieb, or Nuga lailai. 



7. Vulai song a sou tombe sou, 

 or Nuga levu; reed blos- 

 soms. 



