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there many nights. Doubtless on account of his great work, he 

 was called there Pili-opo, but Pili was his name when he left 

 Manu'a. 



5. Then went a courting-party to Fasito'o, to the daughter of 

 Tavae-tele, ' the great frigate-bird '; Pili's proposal was accepted 

 by the lady ; they were married ; then they had four children — 

 Tua and Tua-i-le-Asanga and Tua-i-le-Ana and Tolu-nga-fale. 

 Then Pili made his distribution [of lands] amongst his children, 

 thus : — ' You, Tua, you will go to the eastern end of the land ; 

 you shall remain there permanently ; your appointment is the 

 planting-stick ('oso'), from which you will get your food ; and be 

 prosperous.' That is Atua. [To the next he said,] ' You are 

 Tua-i-le-Asanga ; you shall dwell in the middle of the land ; that 

 is your appointment ; by a strong arm you shall overcome/ 

 That is Tua-masanga. 'You, Tua-i-le-Ana, you shall dwell in 

 the east of the land; you shall look towards Savai'i; your 

 appointment is the war-club ; it is for you to receive Savai'i as 

 guests.' That is A'ana. ' But you, Tolu-nga-fale, shall dwell in 

 Asanga ; you shall look and observe.' That is Manono. 



These are the children of Pili, by which XJpolu was divided ; 

 each one dwelt there separately and had command in his own 

 heritage. But Upolu was one before that, from the beginning. 

 The net of Pili was used for fishing. There was a fishing ground 

 at the back of Asanga, and there was another fishing ground at 

 the back of A'ana. Their names correspond with the names of 

 the children. 



Then Pili dwelt at Fasito'o with his wife until the time of her 

 death ; and then he died. 



That is the end of the tale concerning Pili ; from his children 

 grew Atua and Tua-masanga and the whole of A'ana and Manono. 

 Pili was the man that came from Manu'a and the town of 

 Fiti-uta; Le-Fanga was the place where he grew up. 



Q— December 2, 1891. 



