128 JOHN FKASEK. 



Tava the naine of a hard-wood tree. 



5. Idols, ' tupua'; these were not idols in our sense of the word, for, 

 although the Samoans set up images, they never worshipped them ; the 

 ' tupua ' here were merely amulets, charms, fetiches, which were carried 

 about by the owner for his protection from evil influences. 



TJa la gaoi; la, ' they two,' meaning Ui and Ala. 



7. Tuli is a Polynesian bird ; cf. ' Solo o le Va/ note 2. Fuia is a bird, 

 the Sturnoides atrifusca. Miti is also a bird, the Lalage terat. Unga is 

 a ' soldier-crab/ The Fuia is the Maori Huia, and that is the tutelary 

 bird of one of the great Maori tribes. 



Sina-a-Sa'u-mani, 'Sina [the daughter] of Sa'u-mani.' Here Mr. 

 Powell says in a note, "This is Sina-Tauata, the daughter of Sa'u-mani. 

 There were two Sa'u-manis, namely, Sa'u-mani aitu (aitu, ' spirit '), a 

 widely known man, and Sa'u-mani ali'i (ali'i, 'chief'). The latter was 

 the son of Le-Fe'e-mai-lalo, ' the Octopus from below.' His wife was 

 Si'i-si'i-mane'e ; she bore Sina who became the wife of Tangaloa-a-Ui." 



Fanonga means ' destruction '; Asi-asi-o-lagi, ' he who visits the sky 'j 

 Lele, ' there.' 



XVI. 



Line 5. Fetau and fasa are native trees ; as above. The fasa has a bright 

 red fruit, in appearance somewhat like the pineapple ; the seeds are a 

 brilliant red and are in much request for necklaces ; girls are so fond of 

 the red colour, that they will wear chili pods strung round the neck, 

 even although the skin is burned thereby. The fasa grows in rocky places 

 near the beach, which also is a favourite place for the Tcava plant ; see 

 Solo X., lines 3—5. 



8. Presence; ' ala'ala/ a title of majesty; lau 'ala'ala, ' thy presence/ 

 addressed to chiefs. 



15 — 21. Grew, scrape, strain, rinse; see the kava solos. 

 19. Kava scraper; 'pipi-'ava'; pipi is a 'cockle shell/ 

 23. Fan; the strainer here is made of /aw, 'hibiscus'; elsewhere (Solo 

 X., 15.) it is called the pulu strainer. 



31. Manga-na'a, manga-siva, and manga-lo are different kinds of taro. 



XVI. — Malietoa-feai. 



'O le tala i le fa'a-ifo o le aso o Malietoa-fe'ai. 

 l How the human sacrifices offered to Malietoa-the-fierce were stopped. 



Introduction — 1. The story of Tangaloa-a-Ui shows that human sac- 

 rifices were offered to the gods ; this story tells us that great chiefs also 

 feasted every day on the flesh of men. What the gods do, chiefs may do 

 also. Here, the 'aso ' was stopped through the contrivance of two brothers. 



