378 J. FRASER. 
Notes ro No. XXXVII. 
Line 1. Princes; tui; Sa-Tui-Atua is ‘the race of the princes of Atua.’ — 
2. Land ; laumea—the land which is the birth-place of the Senga. 
Water; vai, ‘fresh water’; ‘god,’ atua; ‘ changed,’ liu. 
8. Moe, &c.; she hears of the Senga from her brother; she hears of the - 
beauty of the Senga of Atua in Samoa and covets it; but when brought 
to Fiji, it ‘stood fast,” it would not come down to them (v. 11). 
12. Daily labour, &c.; faiva o tili; tili is the casting of the small net. 
13. Fresh water; they bathe in a swamp or lagoon of fresh water. 
14. Small boat-opening ; ava-ava 
15. Noon; ao-uli; the original of this line is :—‘O ao-ulia sua taili; 
which may also mean, ‘ At noon (or at full tide) a wind springs up.’ 
19. Bathing place; taele faga. 
20. Atua, &c.; that is, all the priests of these districts in Upolu came. 
pa Familiar ; lata; it did not feel at home. 
- Power divine; mana; power to charm the bird, which the priests 
of ean had been unable to do. 
Laugh; ataina; as scoffers and unbelievers when you land there. 
- To your right, &c.; this line may also be translated, ‘ Consider the 
Sie ade mark it has,’ [for] 
28. Jumping ; this is the effect of the Folasa’s mana. 
29. Front part ; talaluma. 
35. Continual war; utu tau; the Senga seems to be a bird of peace, 
probably as an emblem of the Sun, the beneficent orb of — 
37. All honours; ao; the line is ‘ Faleula e tutupu ai ao. Fale-ula is 
the bright palace of Tonpktnn in the highest heavens; and To‘elau is & 
group to the N.W. of Samoa, but it seems to mean something else here. 
39. Scattered; e fa‘a-eva-eva, ‘made to wander about.’ 
40. Dispersed; that is, scattered to the winds; disappear; maulu, ‘dive 
under.’ 
41. Pe‘a, ‘a bat,’—a title of SS in Samoa ; the line is, Tupu ai 
tonu mai Pe‘a. 42, Wise 
44. Opolu, &e.; the Niobe a sonalnas as usual, with some lines 
to magnify the importance of his own islands 
48. Rotten fue ; ge for explanation a ae read the Samoan 
Story of Creation, No. xx 51. Perch; sunuaga. 
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