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you ; what, if you just hang your turban on a tree and go up/ 

 * Very good,' said he ; and, hanging the turban on a branch, he 

 climbed up. No sooner was he up, than the other boy seized the 

 turban and ran to Tau, and shouted out ' my dignity ! I have 

 got my dignities' ('lo'u ao e, ua 'ou maua 'ou ao'). Here he 

 remained for some time ; at last his grand-father Le-Folasa sent 

 for him. He went to Aua-luma but with much dread, and, getting 

 there, he sat down outside the house. The Prophet called him in 

 and told him not to fear, for things had come right according to 

 the prediction that the first-born was to be king. 



Le-Folasa then ordered him to occupy the one end of the house, 

 while 'Ali'a-tama was to occupy the other ; these were to be their 

 seats of honour and distinction. After having stated that 'Ali'a- 

 matua had, according to the prediction, a right to be Tui-Manu'a, 

 since he was born before the other, he assigned to them their name 

 and dignity ; thus : — 



la igoa oe 'Ali'a-matua, ia Le-Afio o Moa ; 



A o oe ' A.li'a-tania ia igoa oe, ia Le-A16fi o Moa. 



" Be thou named Ali'a-matua, the Presence of Moa ; 



And be thou named Ali'a-tama, the Circle-of-chiefs of Moa." 

 The former was thus declared to be king of Manu'a ; and the 

 other to have an inferior position as chief of Fiti-uta. In case of 

 a quarrel arising between them, neither of them was to encroach 

 on the territory of the other, but their battle ground should be 

 Le-Ava-tele, which is on this side of Le-Faga. " If either of them 

 should transgress this injunction, his land as a punishment would 

 be overrun with creeping vines, because that would be a fight 

 between brothers ; and he should not get the kingdom"; [i.e., 

 " A si'i atu le taua e Tau, e saua lona lau'ele'ele e le au fue-fue ; 

 a si'i mai le taua e Fiti-uta, e saua lona lau'ele'ele e le au fuefue, 

 aua 'o le tau o le uso. E le maua le malo e se nu'u si'i taua."] 



Since then, there have been many wars between Tau and Fiti-uta, 

 but the land that began the war had continual calamities. 



The following explanation of the names in legends XIX. — 

 XXII. about the kings of Manu'a may be given here : — 



