Full title: Tales from old Fiji / by Lorimer Fison.

Author/creator: Fison, Lorimer, 1832-1907.

Date: 1907..

Call Numbers: Q398.2/F, T0016767, 90/254

Record Identifier: 74VMjp20NorA

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: xlv, 175, [1] p., [21] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm., 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.

Publishers: London : A. Moring ltd., the De la More press, 1907.

Notes: New impression, 1907, with corrigenda.

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DDC: 398.2

MMS ID: 991000994859702626