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8. Tell plainly whose that boy is. 



9. O Pili, let your pedigree go abroad. 



10. He went off in anger about a trifle. 



11. The titles of Pili are [now] complete. 



12. Tutuila and the village of Vatia — 



13. That is your title and your [royal] seat ; 



14. The Pili who dwelt there was envious 



15. Of the Pili who dwelt at Olosisina. 



16. Give him the titles which he made light of in his anger. 



O! 



Notes to Nos. XXVII., XXVIII., XXIX. 



XXVII. — Lines 2-5. Muli-papanga ; a valuable spring which the 

 parents wished to keep for a time of scarcity. 



6. Black; see Note 1, No. XXVI.; climbed up; in the Samoan houses, 

 lizards climb the rafters in pursuit of cockroaches and other prey. 



11. Of fishes ; that is, ' of Pili/ Pule-le-HHte; see the previous tale. 



15. Your life; that is, ' your delivery/ 



25 - 27. I do not understand what these three lines refer to. Pili-pa'u 

 means the e falling Pili '; see note to line 6. Line 27 is ' lau pule lea ua i 

 ulu '; here ulu may be ' heads ' or 'ulu, ' breadfruit/ 



XXVIIL— Line 1. Water-Pili; see Note 1, No. XXVI. 



3. Native mats; ' tonga '; see Note 13, No. XXIV. 



7. Chief; ' sau-ali'i/ that is, an ' aitu/ 



19. Native mats; this is the promise of a dowry, or what we might call 

 an ' outfit/ of household goods. 



24. Pule-the-prophet; a translation of the name Pule-le-'i'ite. 



31. Contention before breakfast; fa'avagana; I do not understand the 

 bearings of this line and the next, except that the mat and bamboo pillow 

 are used for sleeping on, and that the ' faavagana ' may be her kindred 

 who come early to contend for the possession of Sina. 



32. Pili-mata-vave; ' Pili-the-quick-eyed/ 



XXIX. — Line 3. Travels about; that is, a tale well known in Upolu ; see 

 the prose version. 



10. A trifle; r mala-mala/ 'crumbs/ ' chips'; see Note 4, No. XXVI. 



XXX. — The Samoan story of Creation — A 'Tola' 



[Note. — The title of this story in the original manuscript is ' le tala i 

 le tupuaga o Samoa/ ' the Story of the growing up of Samoa, 5 and the date 

 attached is 26th June, 1867— Ed.] 



