Samoa, a Hundred Years Ago and Long Before: Together with Notes on the Cults and Customs of Twenty-three Other Islands in the Pacific |
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... STORIES 209 CHAPTER XX . NAMES OF THE ISLANDS - ILLUSTRATING MIGRATIONS , ETC .. CHAPTER XXI . 222 POLITICAL DIVISIONS AND PLACES OF NOTE ON UPOLU CHAPTER XXII . 232 FOLITICAL DIVISIONS AND PLACES OF NOTE ON SAVAII 252 CHAPTER XXIII ...
... STORIES 209 CHAPTER XX . NAMES OF THE ISLANDS - ILLUSTRATING MIGRATIONS , ETC .. CHAPTER XXI . 222 POLITICAL DIVISIONS AND PLACES OF NOTE ON UPOLU CHAPTER XXII . 232 FOLITICAL DIVISIONS AND PLACES OF NOTE ON SAVAII 252 CHAPTER XXIII ...
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... story as to Mua and Talu originating the names of two districts on the island of Upolu . 2. A cosmical genealogy takes the form of married couples , and runs as follows : - 5. Clouds flying about . Clear heavens . Sina the CHAP . I. ] 3 ...
... story as to Mua and Talu originating the names of two districts on the island of Upolu . 2. A cosmical genealogy takes the form of married couples , and runs as follows : - 5. Clouds flying about . Clear heavens . Sina the CHAP . I. ] 3 ...
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... stories say that they were drawn up from under the ocean by a fishing - hook . He next made the Fee or cuttle - fish , and told it to go down under the earth , and hence the lower regions of sea or land are called Sa le feé , or sacred ...
... stories say that they were drawn up from under the ocean by a fishing - hook . He next made the Fee or cuttle - fish , and told it to go down under the earth , and hence the lower regions of sea or land are called Sa le feé , or sacred ...
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... story as to Mua and Talu originating the names of two districts on the island of Upolu . 2. A cosmical genealogy takes the form of married couples , and runs as follows : - 5. Clouds flying about . Clear heavens . Keeper of CHAP . I ...
... story as to Mua and Talu originating the names of two districts on the island of Upolu . 2. A cosmical genealogy takes the form of married couples , and runs as follows : - 5. Clouds flying about . Clear heavens . Keeper of CHAP . I ...
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... stories say that they were drawn up from under the ocean by a fishing - hook . He next made the Fee or cuttle - fish , and told it to go down under the earth , and hence the lower regions of sea or land are called Sa le feé , or sacred ...
... stories say that they were drawn up from under the ocean by a fishing - hook . He next made the Fee or cuttle - fish , and told it to go down under the earth , and hence the lower regions of sea or land are called Sa le feé , or sacred ...
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