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Appointed; ‘e‘e,’ to-_pay respect:to,-to reverence. 
12. Le-atu-sasae; ‘the eastern group’; Lolonga, ‘rain,’ tele, ‘great,’ loa, 
long, pu‘u, ‘short.’ 
13. Council; ‘fono’; it was resolved, &c.; the text here is—‘ Ua filifili 
se tamaitai e ave i ai le afiafii o le ali‘i,—* They chose a lady to take to her 
the evening present of the chief.’ 
Ana-moa-tele; ‘a great lot of fowls’; Taualunga, ‘the ridge pole’; Tele- 
i-le-vao, ‘great in the bush’; Moe-tala-luma, ‘sleep in the front part of 
the house.’ 
15. Virgin; ‘taupou’; to get peace made &c.; ‘e fa‘aola taua, ma tanumia, 
tama‘i a le tau.’ 
16. Pitch his tent &c.; ‘ina toia le fale, ma ‘ai mea paia.’ 
17. The title of Tangaloa &c.; ‘ina iguvaia ai Tagaloa e fai, ma ali‘i o 
Aualuma.’ 
18. Peace maker &c.; ‘ina vae toto e pupulu, ma tanumia tama‘i; o le 
vai magalo ia o gagae’; lit., ‘goes to divide between blood, and bury the 
dead; he is the fresh-water of Gagae’ (the east); fresh-water, figuratively. 
Fiti-uta; a dying chief of A‘ana made his appointment thus :—He broke 
his to‘o-to‘o (‘sceptre’) in two, and gave a half to each of his two sons, 
appointing the one to rule over the district to seaward (Fasi-too-tai) and 
the other to rule over the district toward the centre (Fasi-too-uta) of 
Upolu, not necessarily inland (uta), but nearer the centre. 
19. I will throw down &c.; ‘0 lea ou lafo le ao i va i ali‘’l.’ 
Influential parties inland; ‘le ao lemu i fale auta,’ 
What dignity &c.; ‘Se aleaoe nofo ai le tama, ao au o nofo atu ua 
matua.’ 
20. A turban; does the white cloth denote the priestly character of the 
king? The bark of the hibiscus (‘fau’) is white. 
Detergent ; frequent sea bathing and other causes make this very neces- 
sary; for this purpose the Samoans use the pulp of the wild orange 
(‘moli’) as a soap or lather. 
The preparation sacred ; observe here the sacredness of the person of a 
king ; any violation of this is desecration, and is punished immediately its 
some supernatural manner. 
My crown; my kingdom &c.; ‘lo‘u ao e! ua o.u auaua o'u ao’! 
21. ‘Ele-‘ele-‘uli ; ‘ black earth.’ 
Ali‘a-tama had now &c.; ua tafatasi ai le ao ia Ali‘a-tama; ua tafea le 
utu a le alii o Ali‘a-matua’; lit., ‘the title remained solely with Ali‘a- 
tama; the right of succession was swept away from Ali‘a-matua the chief.” 
