202 JOHN FRASER. 



because two lands were peopled by Fale-i-le-langi. They fetched 

 Fale-i-le-langi from the ' sacred bush ' in Ofu, but the child so- 

 journed there. 



After awhile, she and Faia made their will. 9 The children were 

 gathered together at Fonga-olo-'ula to have their shares assigned 

 to them. 



1. Tau had the first share, being the eldest. They said to him, 

 'You will be the representative of your mother's family.' 10 And so 

 the arrangement was that, on a day of work, l x his brothers were 

 to present him with offerings. x 2 



2. 'Aua-po, let him be of the male side of the family. x °His share 

 is the shoots 12 of the breadfruit and the branch of cocoa-nuts. 12 

 When the breadfruit tree bears fruit, he will bring the first fruits 

 to the female branch of the family.' 



3. 'Tau-sao, let his land be on the north-side of the island, named 

 Falea-sao. He is of the male branch of the family. His share 

 is the shoots of the breadfruit. When there is a crop of bread- 

 fruit, let him bring the first fruits to Tau, of the female line, the 

 firstborn.' 



4. 'As to Nga-nga-nga'e, his land shall be on the east called 

 A-nga'e. Let him be a relation on the male side ; his share is the 

 shoots of the breadfruit. When there is a crop of breadfruit, the 

 first fruits shall be brought to the representative of the female 



line.' 



5. 'Lua-nu'u shall also be a relation on the male side ; his share 

 shall be the shoots of the breadfruit. When he goes to Sina, x s 

 he shall bring the first fruits to the representative of the female 

 line.' 



G. Pratt. 



1. Tafu is the 'god of Fortune' in the Samoan mythology, and Atafu 

 may be his land. Le-fale-i-le-langi means 'the sky for a house'; the word 

 fale means ' house/ 'that which covers.' Atafu must have been a highly 

 favoured country ; the climate there was so fine that the inhabitants had 

 not yet invented houses ; the sky was their only covering. 



2. Fa'agata-nu'a means 'to bring the country to an end,' to destroy it ; 

 Fa'amalie-rm'u means ' to make the country pleasant.' Here is the union 

 of two contrary principles ; how this ill-assorted pair managed to get 

 along in their domestic life, I cannot tell ; but in xltafu, the land of 

 ' luck,' such things may be possible. 



It appears that, in this land of Atafu, it was customary to offer human 

 sacrifices to the Sun; for other couples, besides those named in this story, 

 are said to have swum away from it to save their lives, Toalolongo and 

 Toapaipai, Tufu and Taua, Lalo and Se'e These faithful ones, being the 

 only survivors of their families, resolved rather to perish in the ocean 

 than shed each other's blood ; for either the husband must have immolated 

 the wife, or the wife the husband. So they swam to Samoa, and died there 

 shortly after. They were turned into rocks, and so became immortal. 



