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Rh man on Tarawa was called Tabuki-n-Tarawa (Eminence-of-Tarawa), and his wife was Nei Baia.

§4. When Tarawa was finished, he made the land of Beru with its people. Tabu-ariki was the first man of Beru, and his wife was Nei Teiti

§5. Then Na Arean lay with that woman of the south, Nei Aro-maiaki; he begot children on her: the breed of spirits of the south, a multitude of Ancestors. And the eldest ancestor was Te I-Matang

§6. Now the Tree of Samoa was a marvellous tree. It was an ancestor, for people grew upon it, and they were called the breed of Samoa (te bu-u Tamoa). This was the manner of that Tree: it sprang from the spine of Na Atību, the father of Na Arean, when he died The spine was buried in Samoa. Behold, it became that Tree Kai-n-tiku-aba, whose right side was the northern solstice (te au-meang), and whose left side was the southern solstice (te au-maiaki).

§7. When Na Arean had lain with Nei Aro-maiaki, he