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3. Then the lady caught hold of her boy, and carried him on 
her back; she went away also with her child whom they two had — 
adopted ; it was the child of the sister of Tui-Fiti; Fili was the — 
name of that boy ; these are the three that went. They walked 
far inland to the backbone of the island, to the place called Tan- 
potu of Fiji; they dwelt there ; they got a house because they 
expressed a desire for it; thus they spoke as they walked :— 
*O a‘u, ‘0 a‘u lava ‘o Moi-ulu-le-A pai; 
Matou o atu lavaia, o tumai se fale; 
Matou te nonofo ai, ma si a‘u fanau. 
“Tam, I am indeed Moi-ulu-le-Apai ; 
We came and a house appeared ; 
We dwelt there, I and my child. 
4, Then Tangaloa looked down from above. He appointed a 
great many to hasten down to build a house for the lady. Then 
the sons of the Sa-Tangaloa went down; they built the house; the 
lady with her sons went there and the building of the house was 
finished, and the Sa-Tangaloa went back to the heavens ; then the 
lady dwelt there and her sons. When morning light was come, # 
‘council was held in the heavens of those who built the house, 
together with all the Sa-Tangaloa, about food for the lady. Then 
Tangaloa said, ‘ Present an offering of food to her quickly, because . 
the lady is hungry.’ Then Yam offered herself saying, ‘I here 
{I this) am Uti-tolo-tie.’ . 
5. Then the Sa-Tangaloa said, ‘How will you go’? She said 
[the yam], ‘I will go and grow at the side of the house, spreading 
there ; when the lady goes out to look for food, then will her foot 
be pierced by me ; then shall I be observed ; she will look down 
and perceive that I am good ; she will then take me to eat.’ The 
Sa-Tangaloa were agreeable. Then the yam went down to the 
‘Side of the house and spread itself along. When it was morning 
light, the lady said to Fili, ‘Come here and stay with your young 
brother," while I go and search for something to eat for us three; 
it is doubtful if I shall get any in this great forest.’ When she 
‘came behind the house, the yam was spreading there, and her 
foot was at once pricked by the yam. The lady looked dow?; 
