126 JOHN FKASER. 



3. Start on their journey before daylight, 



4. And take with them a bag [containing the offering]. 



5. Above them were the fetau and the fasa trees ; 



6. They set up there their offering. 



7. Ui sat up in the fasa tree at Sanga. 



8. Sun, Sun, stand thou forth with thy [glorious] presence. 



9. Thither he flew, intending to stand on the fasa. 

 Ui speaks — 



10. O Sun, come here ; 



11. To eat your man alive for food. 

 The Sun speaks — 



12. Ui, I desire to drink kava. 

 Ui speaks — 



13. Let me explain about the kava ; 



14. This is the kava [planting] of an industrious man ; 



15. It stood in a rocky place ; 



16. It grew there and was reserved for a special use ; 



17. The pieces of its root were scattered about ; 



18. I will split up these roots of kava ; 



19. And I will scrape them with the kava scraper ; 



20. And strain it out with the strainer, that it may be clear ; 



21. I will rinse out my mouth ; and now let me chew it. 

 La speaks — 



22. O Ui, search the bag ; 



23. Bring forth the ' fau ' strainer from the bag ; 



24. Strain out the kava. 

 Ui replies — 



25. I am about to mix the kava with water, 



26. But I will mix it in a ' tava'-wood bowl ; 



27. I will strain it that it may be quite clear. 



28. Now I will proceed to portion out the kava ; 



29. Let me spread out the cold food [that goes with the kava]. 



30. O Sun, eat thou ; 



31. There is a taro ; it is a ' maga-na'a'; 



32. There is a taro ; it is a ' fai-fai-tagata '; 



33. There is a fish ; it is an ' ata'ata '; 



