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tapa to call the cup of kava for a chief by its ceremonial designation, 



tapafua to call the cup of kava for a chief by his personal name, 



tapati to clap the hands when about to serve out the beverage, 



tau'ava to strain the kava with a swab of hibiscus fiber, to wring the swab 



in order to fill the cup. 



tautu to serve the kava in ceremonial order, 



to the kava swab of hibiscus fiber, 



tunasi branches of the kava root. 



ui to strain the kava. 



usi to strain the kava. 



uso the root stock of kava. 



usu to be clear, said of kava well strained, 



vaiata the root branch of kava which does not sprout, 



vaitina a part of the kava root stock. 



The intent of this paper has not at all been to present an exhaus- 

 tive monograph upon the kava of the South Seas, but within the 

 restriction stated in its title to present a summary conspectus of the 

 Samoan usage. Indeed, except for the necessity of writing certain 

 pharmacological details into the record as explicative of Samoan cus- 

 tom, a not inconsiderable mass of unpublished material has been 

 drawn upon for the purpose of persuading the Samoans themselves 

 to tell their own story. It has been advisable to make certain brief 

 comments in order to make the Samoan record more comprehensible, 

 but in general and in most of the particulars the statements here pre- 

 sented have been derived directly from old and sage Samoans whose 

 minds are a storehouse of the knowledge of the past of their race. 



Carnegie Institution 

 Washington, D.C. 



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