FOLK-SONGS AND MYTHS FROM SAMOA. 375: 
37. From Fale-‘ula all honours come. 
38, [If you donot, | you will put me in danger [of losing my honour}, 
39. For my honour will be scattered to and fro, 
40, And, dispersed, will disappear ; 
41, For, from this achievement comes my title of Pe‘a. 
42. [So, I say,] unbind the wise men of the long hair, 
43, But let the short-haired ‘ folasa’ have the divine power.” 
44, Upolu, this is the [real] tale of thy ancestors, 
45, [Although now] you are a troup of idle talkers. 
46. So also is Tui-A‘ana— 
47, The Tui-fa‘atu-Lalofata— 
48. The child of the worm and the rotten ‘fue.’ 
49. [I assure you] this Senga grew up in Manu‘a; 
50. ‘The Senga came down through my divine power. 
61. Bring him along and place him on his perch ; 
52. Put him to rest on his sleeping place. 
53. [But] in vain do you contend with our Manu‘a ; 
54, You will grasp at [the honour] in vain ; 
59. [For] the Senga did grow up at Fiti-uta. 
Notzs to No. XXXV. 
Par. 1. Senga (pronounced saynga) is a small crimson parroquet, much 
valued for its bright-coloured feathers which are used for adornment. It 
Seems to have come originally from Fiji, but is quite common both there 
and in Samoa. The feathers from Fiji are the most valued. 
Child; fanau; son, ataliti, ‘a commoner’s son,’ but alo is ‘a chief’s son’; 
short, pu‘u; second, tua-lua. 
A man-child; se tagata; Heavenly Pool, puna-lagi, ‘the spring of 
heaven.’ 
Tray; laulau, which is a plaited cocoa-nut leaf. 
Cut up ; tofi-tofi, «to split up,’ ‘to divide’; the food is cut up for the 
Parrot’s use; the islanders still feed birds thus on bread-fruit. 
To feed the Senga ; ‘feed,’ taumafa, a chief's word, in honour of the 
Senga. The Samoans often address their pet birds in chiefs’ language ; 
oo is used here, I think, from a feeling of reverence for the 
a. . 
Spread it, &c.; the whole clause here is—‘ fofola i Je au tanu 0 le vai, 
°30 Mai mai le ana i le mulivai.’ There seems to be something sacred 
