254: JOHN FRASER. 



45. We shall not get; the meaning- of this line is doubtful ; the words 

 are — ' tatou le o'o.' 



55, 56. The lines are : — 55. ' Ua sulu-sulu i le matua tala/ 56. ' O aala 

 i le matua tala/ Their meaning is doubtful ; either they refer to the 

 place of the hooks in the palace of Po and Ao originally ; or they may 

 mean that the hook of Prosperity, after the successful fishing, was hung 

 up in honour in the house of Tui-Fiti. 



XXVI.— Pili, 'the Lizard'— A 'Tola,: 



How the island of TJpolu came to be divided into districts. 



1. Penga and Penga were a pair that dwelt in the Fanga district 

 of Fiti-uta \ Pili-mo'e-langi, 'the lizard that sleeps in the heavens,' 

 and Pili-mo'e-vai, 'the lizard that sleeps in the fresh water,' were 

 born there, together with Sina — three brothers. Pili-mo'e-langi 

 was taken up into the heavens, but the Pili-mo'e-vai was put in 

 the water, and remained there ; and Sina lived with her parents ; 

 thus they dwelt as a family. It happened on another day that 

 the parents went out to work, but Sina remained in the house. 

 The parents left her a command, ' Don't go outside ; also don't 

 go to draw water [from the well], bat sit still in the house ; don't 

 lift up the mat-flaps of the house.' But the girl did not obey ; 

 she went to the well to draw water, when her parents were gone 

 -to work. Then the girl was caught by the fish ; that was her 

 brother, Pili-mo'e-vai. Then Sina shouted ; as she passed along, 

 she cried to her parents in the place where they were working. 

 The fish followed her ; but again the girl ran away, because she 

 did not desire to look on the fish. She ran far away to Aua- 

 luma, and there she married Pule-le-'i'ite, ' Pule-the-prophet.' 

 Pule received her and she dwelt with him. But the fish still 

 followed her • he made his abode in the water at Vai-lenga, ' yellow 

 water.' The children of Pule made ready to draw water, and 

 Sina went with them. Pule said, ' Sina, there are chiefs down 

 below' (for the fish was still in the water); but Sina did not obey, 

 for she went and bathed. Then the fish got her again ; she ran 

 •away, crying as she went. Then Pule said, ' Did I not tell you 

 4:hat there were chiefs down below ; but you did not obey me.' 



