280 JOHN FRASER. 
the sitting by the side of the Lava-sii is a sacred thing. Here 
began also the ‘ tafa‘-paia.’ 
5. Tui-the-prophet said again, ‘‘ Don’t let our party say a word; 
to-morrow comes the sport of floating on the bosom of the river.” 
Then Lau-tolo said, ‘“‘ Leave that to me also; if they engage in 
this sport, let our party rush down one by one, but let the Sa- 
Tangaloa come down by hundreds ; I will stand in the midst of 
the water ; if one of our men is washed down, then [ will take | 
hold of him and bring him up above the water ; but if any one of 
the Sa-Tangaloa is swept down by the flood, I will thrust him 
down to hell.” 
6. Then came on the sport of floating on the river, which was 
done as I have just described. Then the Tangaloa said, “Stop up 
the water; no doubt the whole of our visitors are dead.” Then the 
Sa-Tangaloa looked, and, behold! the party were all shaking the 
water out of their hair, and no harm had come to anyone of them. 
Hence sprang the proverb, ‘ They were delivered by the hairiness 
of Tolo.’ . 
7. Again, Tui-the-prophet said, ‘Don’t let our party say a word; 
to-morrow we shall be exposed to torrents of rain; but do you 
decide whether any one of us will be useful for that.” Then again 
said Moso-a-le-aloti, ‘‘ Leave that business to me.” Then came 
along the band of rain-makers ; but Moso went and took off the 
wings of birds and the feathers of all birds, and made with them 
wings for himself; and his party hid themselves away under them 
when the rain came down in great quantities. But Tui-the-prophet 
went and remained by himself in the rain, and was not cold. Then 
another name was given to him—Tut-laga-ua, ‘the Prince that 
is superior to rain.’ 
8. Then the Tangaloa said, “Let the heavens be shut up; doubt- 
less our visitors are all dead.” Then the heavens were shut, and 
when the Sa-Tangaloa looked down, lo! the party had got no 
harm; but the most part of the Sa-Tangaloa were killed; no 
evil had hurt the party of visitors. And the names next to the 
