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about this ‘au tanu,’ ‘heap of stones’; it may have been an old altar. 
Stream and pool are both ‘ vai,’ ‘ fresh-water 
2. He summoned the Fijians to assemble; ‘ ua fond ia potopoto Fiti.’ 
Strong man; fita-fita, courageous.” There is something divine about 
the Senga, and he who attempts to capture it runs a great risk. 
Olo is a ‘fortress.’ Faua may be from fau ‘ to tie together, to build’ 
By way of the north; ‘i le itu i matu *; itu is ‘side’; ef. ‘the sides of 
the north 
It was fire-light; mumu afi, ‘ the fires were burning. 
The family were talking ; ‘talatala le aiga’; that is, the Sa-Tangaloa 
were seated round the fire and were chatting 
Have you two come? ‘po ua ouluao mai.’ sh common Samoan welcome 
is, ‘You are come’; 3 of. our welcome. 
What is your errand ? ‘se & le feau’? Night and morning; ‘ po ma taeao.’ 
3. The family took their fish, &c. ; 3 ‘ua ave e le aiga la la i‘a, a ua la tun 
ua nana; their, they; that refers to the two visitors. 
The cocks crew; ‘ua iho moa,’ for daylight was now approaching. 
Desired it; ‘mana “gone inland,’ that is, when they were gone off 
to the piantations we or Gone ; liu, ‘turned.’ 
A crowing hen; ‘ ufa-u edie’, ; a crowing hen that does not breed, 
feunks: as a present in expectation to get something in exchange 
Left the knot; «tun le pona’; it is the knot that sprouts; divided #} 
“vaea’; vaiata are the root- branches that do not sprout. For information 
about the ‘ kava,’ see e Nos — XIV. 
Were rotten; ‘ua pala’; stale, ‘mati,’ from being too long kept. 
I gave; avatu. Anga, ‘ action ’; ioe ares end of a sugar-cane 
leaf.’ Se-m mata-e-‘emo, ‘a flas 
He died; a punishment for ae 
THE Sond—1. Entered into Friendship; fa‘aud. 2. Family epee sie 
3. The bird that does not hatch; ‘le manu e lé fofoa 
8. ‘ Rainbow’; sti 0, the name of Langafua’s canoe 
12. Gone ; maliu, ‘ e, dead ;’ son, ‘alo,’ a chief’s word. 
14. Lay with fad ceceks “e toaga i le palapala.’ £ 
- Eat ; taumafa,‘to eat or drink,’ a shies word. This inciden 
hows the divine power of the bird, 
Par. 6. Among the hollow roots; ‘i a‘a 00 0 le laau.’ 
Moved about from place to place; eva-eva; wandered ; 
ya. 
nd 
ine power ; mana; the ‘taula aitu,’ that is, ou magicians 4 
priests are Summoned. 
Kill all that are not able ; 
the doings of despots ; 
Put to death alt the 
Tite means « 
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or 
‘ma fasi ie ua 1é mafai.’ This is quite like 
ef. the history of Daniel. 
Priests ; ‘a fafasi mana uma.’ 
& seer, a prophet’; ite, ‘to know.” 
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