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Rh "Sina! Alas for this ungrateful girl! What about the chief. By-and-by we two shall be killed. Lift up the house-blinds that I may give you the fine mats of your dowry." Then Sina drew near, and Talingamaivalu took hold of her and threw her across his shoulder. Tingilau felt about, and Sina was not there.

Then he rushed away westward; she was not there. Again he rushed away eastward. He then went and launched his canoe, and sought her in the Samoan group. Then Tingilau sang mournfully:

Then sang mournfully the woman Puanatalai: