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62. Broil.them; ‘lagi,’ for ‘lalagi,’ a chief’s word; tied up, ‘lili’; the 
. fish are swathed in banana leaves or the like, when put in the oven. 
64. For the basket and the net; ‘ia fao ma uamea.’ This translation is 
-not certain, for the manuscript is indistinct here. 
Where did they come from ? This question gives the poet an opportunity 
to bring in the names of the islands known to the Samoans, and this cata- 
logue may be interesting, although many of the names in it are not known 
to modern geography. Its horizon extends from Fiji on the west to Bora 
(Pola) in Tahiti on the east. 
66. Small fresh-water lands; ‘nu‘u si-magalo. ‘These are the small 
islands of the Samoan group; they have springs and streams of fresh 
water. Fanua tapu means ‘holy land’; I suppose it is the island of Tat. 
_Ofu and Olosenga, Manono, Apolima are the other small islands of the 
group. Tutuila, Upolu, Savai‘i are the large islands. 
67. My group; as Losi is the supposed speaker, he claims these islands 
as his own—‘ my group.’ And so with all the other groups in the sequel. 
69 bis. Funga; this plant emits a fetid odour, especially at night. 
70. Foreign lands; ‘papalagi,’ meaning < far off.’ 
70—73 bis. Vou; thus in our MS.; but as an island Vou is unknown to 
us. -In Samoan vou-vou, as an adjective, means ‘ disobedient.’ 
71. Hurry on; these giants who went up to the heavens are said to 
hurry on the ‘sufi’; for it is coming to a close. 
74 bis. Lefe; I do not know what island this is, but it has a bad name 
here for cowardice and indolence; the men are women, and they live on 
the presents of food made to them by others. 
76. Last word &c. The text reads, ‘O si‘u-si‘u ai lau-gutu o le nu‘u fai 
‘upu, lit., ‘being the extremity of the lips of the people who are making 
werds.’ ‘Laugutu’ isa vulgar word which the speakers would not apply 
to any but themselves; ‘si‘u-si‘u’ is ‘the point or extremity of anything’; 
‘upu’ is ‘a word.’ 
77. Tanapa is not a proper name in the manuscript, but we cannot tell 
what the word means nor what is the reference in this line and the next. 
80. Do not eat; ‘e lé a‘ai’; we do not know what this line means, nor 
the next. But Luvai may bea fairy land like Atafu, ‘which has no 
houses,’ (line 99). ‘ 
82. Children, ‘ livai’; water, ‘ vai,’ that is, fresh-water. 
83. Mats, ‘fala,’ fine mats to sleep on. 
84. Pulotu; this is the Samoan name for Hades; ‘has grassy eyes ’>— 
the manuscript has here the word ‘ mavematamuti‘a’; the meaning we 
give to the word is a conjecture founded on the parts of it mata and 
mutia. Mave is not known to be a Samoan word, but in Tahiti it means 
‘streaming as hair in the wind’; Mata, besides ‘an eye’ means also ‘ the 
top of anything.’ The epithet mave-mata-muti‘a may thus mean, ‘ where 
the surface of the grass sways to and fro in the wind.’ 
