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J. FRASER. 
When you go to Atua seek for the land—an inland place, 
. And you will find it ; [then] speak about O and Ua. 
As to the Senga, they gave birth to the child ; 
They grasped it [in their arms]; it was not there ; 
It had been changed into a Senga and sprang into the water, 
And became the god of the water, 
Moe-u‘u-le-Apai [his wife] said, 
- “O Tui-Fiti, do you bring the Senga here,” 
. When [her brother] Ta‘e-o-Tangaloa came to visit them. 
. It stood fast inthe Le-tau-potu of Fiji, 
. And in the midst of their daily labour in fishing, 
. And at the fresh-water where they went [to bathe]. 
. It bathed in the small boat-opening of Fiji. 
. When it was noon, it flapped its wings ; 
. The Senga did not come down ; it was cold. 
. Tangaloa the chief took it [away with him], 
. And let it go about over Savai‘i. 
- “O I'ite, if you seek divine power, seek it in Taele-fanga.” 
. Atua and A‘ana with Tuamasanga came [and their priests}, 
- [But] the Senga did not come down ; it was not familiar. 
- [Then] it wandered over Fale-ata [in Upolu]. 
- “O Tite, if you seek power divine, seek it in Manu‘a ; 
- When you come back with the divine power of Tui-Manu'’s, 
- Upolu will laugh at the beaching of your canoe. 
- To your right is the thing you are to look to ; 
. Its hair is short ; it has been clipped.” 
. The red bird is jumping up and down ; 
. The divine power lies in the front part of the house. 
. Tui-Manu‘a holds out his hand for the Senga. 
- It stands on the back of his hand ; he places it on a perch. 
- “ Malietoa, [says he,| there is your Senga; 
- Tam going away, and shall not return ; 
- Allow the Senga to wander about [at liberty] ; 
- Hide it away when there is continual war. 
- Look up to To‘elau, [for] 
