Tales from old Fiji,
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| Author / Creator: | Fison, Lorimer, 1832-1907 |
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| Imprint: | London, A. Moring ltd., the De la More press, 1904. |
| Description: | xlv, 175, [1] p. front., plates. 26 cm. |
| Language: | English Austronesian |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/521900 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- How the Livuka men came up to windward, by Inoke (Enoch) Wangka-qele
- How the Tongans came to Fiji, by Ratu Taliaitupou, lord of Naiau
- How the Fijians learned to build canoes, by the lord of Naiau
- The story of the sun-child, by the lord of Naiau
- How the Samoans first got pigs, by the lord of Naiau
- Why the kings of Lakemaba are called lords of Naiau, by the lord of Naiau
- How the Fijian ate the sacred cat, by the lord of Naiau
- The story of Longa-Poa, by the lord of Naiau
- How the mosquitos came to Oneata, by the lord of Oneata
- The story of Matandua, by Roko Sokotukevie ("Lord Whither-is-he-sailing")--What the Tongans say about Napoleon, as told by a Tongan
- The beginning of death, as told by Ma'afu, a chief of Tonga
- Appendix.