392 J. FRASER. 
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. Se la‘i egase i luga ;— 
[From it] a westerly wind rustles on high ; 
18. E agi ma ofaga i Manu‘a. 
It blows and nestles on Manua. 
19, Ai lau tali mua ua uga. 
My first answer is ended. 
20. So‘u fai tala ia Manu‘a 
Let me [now] tell the facts (‘tale’) about Manu‘a 
21. I le Faletolu ma le Fiti-uta. 
To Fale-tolu and Fiti-uta— 
22. E te Aopo e, ma Asau, 
You are a mixed travelling party ; 
23. Tiga lou tala vavau 
Notwithstanding your ancient tale 
24, E te u‘u mai ia te a‘u 
You will lay hold on me (i.e., Manu‘a) 
25. E te fai matua i Manu‘a— 
[For] your parents are in Manu‘a— 
26. I Fongo-olo-ula ma Malae-a-Vavau, 
In Fonga-olo-ula and Malae-a-Vavau, 
27. Ma Sopoaga a le to‘elau. 
And Sopoanga of the trade-winds. 
O! 
Such is the ancient Solo, but Tauanu‘u of Manu‘a the ‘fale-tala’ or 
legend-keeper of Manu‘a gave the following as the popular way of 
accounting for the name Savai‘. 
“ Savai‘i and this Manu‘a are one ; for Le-Fatu and Le-ele‘ele peopled 
this Manu‘a; they two begot I‘i and Sava—I‘i the girl and Sava the boy; 
who peopled the island which ig called Savai‘i.” 
He also stated that Fatu and Ele-ele were the first pair who came dow? 
from heaven; that they alighted at the east end of the village of Tau at 
@ place called Malae-a-Vavau, a few minutes’ walk from the teacher's 
house there. They gave birth to a boy and a girl named Tidpa and 
Valu‘a; these went and peopled the island of Savai‘i by giving birth to 
girl I'i anda boy Sava; hence the name Savai‘i. Another acco : 
Says that Fatu and Ele‘ele were the parents of Fai-malie and Fai-tama) 
Vavau and Tele or Nu‘u and Tele, Mamao and Laveai or Ilu, Valu‘a and 
