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16. Where Tagaloa holds the helm ? * 



17. Great Manu''a first up -sprang ! 



18. Up-springs Savaii and the Forum Alamisi, 



21. The two Samatas, by sea the one, the other in-land 



22. This was Tagaloa^s seat, 'tis here he made a stand. 



19. But [be it known that] these did not arise 



20. Till after the Tongan Group, the Fiti Group, and Groups 



of smaller size. 



The Production and the peopling of Upolu and Tutuila. 



23. Abide in thy mountain-range ; — visit and rest ; — 



24. Abide, Tagaloa, on Manua's high crest ; — 



25. But fly [on a visit] to thy Group in the West ! 



26. To measure and compare the space 

 Which lies between from place to place, 



27. Say which is greater which is less 

 [And thus prepare to show thy gracef] 



[For] 



28. The ocean's long and boisterous, terrific waves afiright, 



29. And Tagaloa's giddy at the fearful sight. 



30. Oh, for a little coral strand ! Thus to heaven he cries : — 



31. Upolu, bit of rock, diminutive in size ; 



32. Tutuila, bit of stone, still smaller [in our eyes], 



33. Are lands that thereupon immediately arise : — 



If!. Tagaloa e taumuli ai ? 



17. Manu'a Tele na mua'i tupu. 



18. Tupu Savai'i ; a e muli lua malae Alamisi, 



19. I le Atu-Tonga, ma le Atu-Fiti, 



20. Atoa le Atunuu e iti. 



21. Samata-i-uta, Samata-i-tai 



22. Le nofoa a Tagaloa ma loiia ta'atuga. 



23. Tumau i lou atumauga ; ta'alolo ; 



24. Tumau, Tagaloa, i mauga o Manu'a, 



25. A e lele i lou Atu-Luluga ; 



26. E fuafua ma faatatau 



27. Le va i nuu po ua tutusa. 



28. E levaleva le vasa ma savili, 



29. E lili'a Tagaloa i peau alili. 



30. Tagi i lag! sina 'ili'ili : 



31. Upolu sina fatu laitiiti ; 



32. Tutuila sina maa lagisigisi, 



33. Nuu faao e a sisii. 



* See Psalm xxix. 10, " The Lord sitteth upon the flood, 

 t This is strongly implied. 

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