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neck. Po and Ao then charged him strictly not to look at it till 

 he got to his family again, but to let it hang at his back, and not 

 to look behind him all the way home. As he was leaving the 

 house, his father's sister, Sina, called after him, and begged him to 

 attend to the instructions which had just been given to him — not 

 to look at the thing till he got home. He descended from the 

 sky and pursued his way over the ocean, repressing his desire to 

 inspect his property, till he got opposite to the entrance to the 

 landing at Fiji. The hook, which had all this time been hanging 

 on his neck at his back, he now drew to the front ; it immediately 

 wounded his neck, and he fell dead down to the bottom of the sea. 



4. It was afternoon when Tui-Fiti asked where 'Alo-'alo was. 

 His wife said that she did not know ; perhaps he was gone to 

 seek something from his mother. On this, a young man went 

 out and saw a great congregation of fishes and birds in the entrance- 

 of the boat harbour. Tui-Fiti sent him out to see what was the 

 cause. He went, looked down, and there he saw the body of 

 'Alo-'alo, with the c au o Manic about his neck. He drove away 

 the fishes, dived in, and brought up the body and the hook. 

 'Alo-'alo was dead, but Tui-Fiti was very much pleased with the 

 hook. Tui-Fiti then directed his family to prepare food and seek 

 out an able sailor to test the value of the hook. The hook was 

 entrusted to the care of a tautai va'a-alo, ' a fisherman and boat- 

 steerer of the ' bonito ' canoe,' named La-ulu, and his wife's name 

 was Fau-mea. They had four children, three sons and one daugh- 

 ter, named respectively 'O-A'au-pini-pini, 'O Mo'e-ulu-galu-iti-iti 

 and Mo'e-ulu-galu-tele. The girl's name was Sina-te'e-alofa. But 

 the Tutuila people give the boys' names as Aa'u-pini-pini, Aa'u-tele 

 and Aa'u-iti-iti. 



5. The fisherman, La-ulu, knew that the hook must be properly 

 fastened to the line, for on this would depend their success in 

 fishing. So he got his sons to try their skill on it. A'au-pini- 

 pini tried first. While he was fastening it on, some rats, ^tilo-tilo* 

 came peeping, with a desire to carry off the hook ; so they nibbled 

 at the string and dragged it about. When the hook was fastened 



