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direction, and came down to a place — Pava — on the south side of Fale-tolu. 

 Here they looked back and saw that Tangaloa had still his eye upon them. 

 It seemed as if he were close by, although he was still at Saua. They 

 therefore came north till they reach a place which is a little inland from 

 the west point ; this is also called Pava. Looking up, they perceived 

 that Tangaloa was still watching them. Again they fled, took to the sea, 

 swam to Tutuila, landed at Tafuna, proceeded inland, and stopped at a 

 place now named Pava-'ai-'ai. Looking back, they perceived that the 

 eyes of Tangaloa still followed them. Again they fled, and finally arrived 

 in the district of Fale-alili [in Upolu], at a spot now called Pava. Here 

 they were out of sight of Tangaloa-a-Ui, and here Pava settled and be- 

 came the war-god of Fale-alili. Their ensign in war is the taro-leaf cap, 

 in commemoration of Pava's having floated down the stream on a ' taro ' 

 leaf/' 



" After the departure of Pava, Tangaloa-a-Ui soon left Saua ; he travelled 

 westward and came to a place where is the head-quarters of the La'e family. 

 Here was a man named La'e who was rubbing his hatchet on a stone. He 

 saluted Tangaloa-a-Ui as he passed, but kept on rubbing his axe, [saying] 

 'You two are come; where did you come from'? Tangaloa replied in 

 displeasure, 'What do you mean by continuing your work while you 

 address me ? have you no eyes to perceive that I am a chief ' ? This 

 speech frightened La'e ; he stopped his work. And from this incident it 

 is that a Samoan discontinues any work he may be at, when a chief is pass- 

 ing. The proper token of respect is to suspend the work till the chief 

 has passed." 



" Tangaloa passed on and came to Maia, the village west of Fitiuta in 

 Tau; here he met three persons named in the solo, Tuitalau, Malu and 

 Taaf anua. The last he found at Maia ; not far off, at Tua-ma-Alo, he 

 met Malu, and next Tuitalau. They four went and sat down on a plat- 

 form, where they conversed together. As they were sitting there, they 

 were suddenly startled by a great shouting, which came from a cave below^ 

 at a little distance off. Tangaloa-a-Ui inquired, ' What is that'? ' It is 

 the shout of the young men/ answered his companions, ' bringing up, on 

 a hand-chair the beautiful princess Sina, the daughter of Sa'umani, to 

 bathe/ 'Oh! I should like to get her for my wife/ continued Tangaloa; 

 ' how can we manage it ' ? They then consulted together, and resolved 

 on a plan, — to make a net the meshes of which would be large enough to 

 admit the head of Sina, but too small to allow her to escape through them; 

 to spread this over the entrance to the cave ; then Tangaloa would stand 

 at a distance, and cause such a cloud to rise as would make the young 

 men think it was heavy rain. They followed this plan. The net was 

 spread and fastened to a large fern ; Tangaloa took his station seaward 

 in front of the cave, and when the young men came up with their royal 

 burden, seeing, as they thought, the heavy rain, they put down their burden 

 and retired for shelter ; the lady, coming forth to take her bath, was 



