OF THE SOUTH SEAS 461 



He created the land of Hawaii; 



Hawaii great and sacred, 



As a crust (or shell) for Taaroa. 



The earth is dancing (moving). 



O foundations, O rocks. 



Oh sands ! here, here. 



Brought hither, pressed together the earth; 



Press, press again! 



They do n6t 



Stretch out the seven heavens ; let ignorance cease. 



Create the heavens, let darkness cease. 



Let anxiety cease within; 



Let immobility cease ; 



Let the period of messengers cease ; 



It is the time of the speaker. 



Fill up the foundation, 



Fill up the rocks. 



Fill up the sands. 



The heavens are inclosing. 



And hung up are the heavens 



In the depths. 



Finished be the world of Hawaii. 



E pau fenua no Hawaii. 



The cart at my request had been driven back to Tar- 

 avao ; so in the morning Tatini and I walked back to the 

 isthmus. We drank coffee at five, and at three we had 

 covered the twelve miles in the sauntering gait of the 

 Tahitian girl, stopping to make wreaths, and to bathe 

 in several streams. Butscher was on his table in his 

 after-breakfast lethargy, and I regretted disturbing his 

 an to ask him to serve us. Again Tatini refused to sit at 

 table with me. Evidently, she feared the scowls of 

 Butscher, who had none of the white's ideas of the 

 equality of females with males at the board. Butscher 



