278 JOHN FRASER. 
Losi took up &c.; ‘ua tago ai e Losi pa‘u talo [valuga] se mea iti-iti’; 
here pa‘u is ‘skin,’ ‘rind,’ and valu is ‘to scrape’; ‘se mea iti-iti’ is ‘one 
very little thing.’ 
Under his girdle; ‘ile mea masoa’; here masoa is ‘filthy,’ and mea is 
a ‘thing.’ . 
Cried for war; tagi-tau. ‘ Malae-La’ is here called his father; but this 
must be a mistake; for Malae-La is the name of a place, as above. 
None to fight a battle; ‘e leai ni e tau ai se taua.’ 
Punishment, insult; sala is ‘ punishment,’ ‘a fine,’ ‘to cut off’; faiga is 
any ‘abuse’ which causes pain. 
7. Snare is here ‘mailei,’ ‘a trap’; offering, taulaga, ‘a sacred offering’; 
travelling party, malaga; food, lit., “something to eat.’ 
Clubbing-match; ‘aigofie’; there isno open war here ; itis all sport and 
trials of skill, as in our own nursery tales. 
The-eight-livered; the next ‘Tala’ tells how these livers are placed on 
his body. The number ‘eight’ here is peculiar; itis not seven nor nine, 
and yet it seems to indicate a perfect number. I take it to be used for 
‘twice-four,’ and four in the Indian languages has an indefinite sense, 
equivalent to our ‘a considerable number.’ 
In the morning &c.; ‘ua taeao, na faia lo latou fa‘a-taifega’; ‘carried 
away, tafea; the ‘fa‘a-tafega’ isa kind of sport and trial of strength, as 
is the ‘aigofie’; ‘ drowned,’ oti, lit., ‘ died.’ 
8. Day-song; ausoa. 
It rained; the Polynesians dislike rain very much; it isso cold on their 
bare bodies. 
Sheltered ; ‘fa‘a-paolo’; paolo is ‘shade,’ ‘ protection.’ For the manner 
of Moso’s protection, see the ‘ Sufi.’ 
A battle; ‘taua’; it is now a fight for victory, no longer in sport. 
Taro &c.; these are the spoils of victory ; ‘kava circle,’ alofi. For the 
‘kava” see Nos. IX. - XIV. 
[ Another Version. | / 
XXXII.—Le ManaGa NA ALU I LE LAGI—A $ Tala,’ 
‘‘ The Expedition that went to the heavens.” 
1. These are the men that went on the expedition, Moso-a-le- 
alofi, Lau-tolo, Tele, Losi, Ti‘e-ti‘e, Fai-malie and Fai-tama‘i, Tui. 
There are two opinions about the way the party got up. The one 
of them says that there is, at Aleipata, a ‘fau’ tree by which they 
got up; but the other is that Sangana is the place where the ‘fau’ 
was, because there is there a spot called Fau-i-lalau, ‘the faw of 
the many leaves.’ [At all events], they went to the heavens. 
