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18. The lazy bird, &c; a somewhat poetical way of saying that the work 

 of the canoe is accomplished ; or, it is a humorous hint that the poet's 

 theme is exhausted. 



Solo XIV. 



Line 1 — 28. The substance of this Solo is contained in the others. 



Place Names. 

 The following are some of the places mentioned in these Solos : — 

 A' ana, one of the divisions of Upolu. 

 Aleipata, the south-eastern point of Atua, which is the eastern division 



of the island of Upolu. 

 Aunu'u, an island off the extreme end of Upolu. 

 Fale-A'ana, also called ' Fale-iva o A'ana ' is a division of Upolu. 

 Fale-alili, an important district in the south of Upolu ; it contains 2,500 



people. 

 Fale-tolu, three divisions in Sangana of Upolu. 

 Fale'ula, the capital of Tua-masanga in Upolu. 

 Fanga, ' Bay,' is a large district in Upolu. 



Fotu (Sa-) and Fune (Sa-) are large villages next to Mata-utu, in Savai'i. 

 Pava-'ai'ai, ' the true Pava/ is a village in the island of Tutuila. 

 Safata is in the south of Upolu in the Tua-masanga district. 

 Saldfai is an old name of the island Savai'i. 

 Sanga, a village in Fale-alili. 

 Sdud, is in Tau of Manu'a. 



Siumu is in the west end of Atua, the southern district of Upolu. 

 Tafuna was a village in Tutuila ; it is now gone. 

 Tua-masanga is the central division of Upolu. 



SOME FOLK-SONGS and MYTHS from SAMOA. 

 Translated by the Rev. G. Pratt. 



With Introductions and Notes by John Fraser,, ll.d. 



[Read before the Royal Society of N.S. Wales, October 7, 1891.'] 



XV.— Tangaloa-a-XJi— A ' TalaJ 



How sacrifices to the Sun ceased. 



Introduction — 1. The Polynesians were cannibals and they offered 

 human victims to their gods : food also and other articles of value in 



