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was rightly fastened on ; so they went and reported the fact to 

 sesele, saying that the l au o Manu was properly adjusted. The 

 report was then carried to the others, as before. 



7. La-ulu now went out with his sons to catch 'bonito.' The very 

 first day, their success was very great ; they came in with a boat- 

 load. But this success only made him anxious to keep the hook 

 for himself ; he therefore hid the hook in the ground, and came 

 and told Tui-Fiti that the line had broken and the hook was 

 carried away. Tui-Fiti doubted this. Looking out to sea, he saw 

 that the 'bonito' fishes were jumping out of the water and diving 

 again straight down. From this he conjectured the truth, and 

 sent an order to La-ulu to dig up the hook and go a-fishing. He 

 did so, and was as successful as before. But he still coveted the 

 hook, and again he said that it was carried away. This time, 

 however, he had taken it up into a cocoa-nut tree and hung it 

 there. Tui-Fiti again saw the ' bonito ' fishes jumping straight up 

 from the sea, with their mouths open ; so he immediately sent an 

 order that the man should take down the hook and go a-fishing. 

 He went and was successful as before. Again he tried to appro- 

 priate the hook, but this time he wrapped it securely in some old 

 cloth. Tui-Fiti, again suspecting deception, sent a servant out to 

 sea to observe which way the ' bonito ' were going ; if they went 

 out seaward through the boat-opening in various directions, then 

 it was true that the hook had been carried off; but if they came 

 straight inland, that was a sign that La-ulu had concealed the 

 hook. He thence divined that the hook was wrapped up ; so he 

 sent a messenger to La-ulu, ordering him to take it out of the cloth 

 and go a-fishing. He obeyed, went out, and was successful as 

 usual. 



8. Now La-ulu resolved to run off with the hook, taking with 

 him his whole family. Accordingly, he, his wife, and his four 

 children set out on a swimming expedition to find a home wher- 

 ever they could. They were drifted to the neighbourhood of 

 Manu'a, but could not get ashore there ; so they drifted farther, 

 to the south side of Savai'i. The parents then said that they 



