74 JOHN FRASER. 



print the Samoan text of this ' tala/ arranged so as to correspond with 

 the English, line for line : — 



'O le tala ia Sa ma Manu. 



'0 Sa ma Manu 'o igoa ia o le uluga aiga sa mau i Afusigalu. 



Na afio ifo ia te i laua '0 Tagaloa-le-Mana mai le lagi, 



ma lana i'a, 'o le 'cwm'tma-a-lagi, na tuu ia i laua ; 



la te leoleo ma ia ; ua tu'u i le vai. 



5) Ma na fetalai i ai, ' Ia oulua faga la'u i'a lea, ma 



leoleo lelei ; nei oulua agaleaga i ai. Ona toe foi lea 'o Tagaloa f 



le lagi. A e nonofo laua, ma a'ai ai le i'a, o i laua ma la la fanau. 



A ua silafia e Tagaloa. Ona toe afio ifo ai lea, 



ma fetalai ane ia te i laua ; ' le tau lena ; lua te le usitai mai 



10) i la'u tala, au mai la oulua fanau ; ina fa'asaga ia 



mata i le papaga ; a e aua le fa'asaga i luga ; 



o mai ia, ina oulua su'e nuu. Ona 'o lea o i 



laua ua o'o i Upolu, ua nofo ai i lalo Manu. '0 le mea 



na ia nofo ai ua igoa ai ia Lalo-Manu. '0 a la fanau 



15) 'o le vatu'e, 'o le vana, 'o le 'ina, 



{ o le tapumiti, 'o le ofa-ofa, ma mea uma i le sami 



e u i lalo mata. 



* O'au Alama. 



E 'o le 'o Sa a 'o Lalo, le sa'o 'o le igoa. 



' It is not Sa but Lalo, the correct name.' 



Alama. 



Tala. — Sa and Manu; this is the name of a pair that dwelt in 

 Afusi-ngalu. 1 Tangaloa-le-Mana 2 went down to them from heaven 

 with a fish for them, the celestial 3 'ana'ana; he left it with them; 

 they two were to keep it for him ; so they placed it in the fresh 

 5) water. 4 He said to them, ' Do you two feed 5 this my fish and 

 guard it carefully ; beware lest you use it ill.' Then Tangaloa 

 returned to the sky. They remained 6 and ate the fish, they and 

 their children. Tangaloa knew it. Then he came down again, and 

 spake 7 to them — ' The punishment 8 is this ; since you have not 



