Fiji and the Fijians . din some kind of vessel, which was at last left by the subsiding Materson Mbengga: hence the ]\Ibenggans draw their claim to stand first inFijian rank. The number saved—eight—exactly accords with thefew of the Scripture record. By this flood, it is said, two tribes ofthe human family became extinct. One consisted entirely of women,and the other were distinguished by the appendage of a tail like that ofa dog. The highest point of the island of Koro is associated with the historyof the flood. Its name is Xgginggi-tangithi-Koro, which conveys theidea of a little bird sittin
Fiji and the Fijians . din some kind of vessel, which was at last left by the subsiding Materson Mbengga: hence the ]\Ibenggans draw their claim to stand first inFijian rank. The number saved—eight—exactly accords with thefew of the Scripture record. By this flood, it is said, two tribes ofthe human family became extinct. One consisted entirely of women,and the other were distinguished by the appendage of a tail like that ofa dog. The highest point of the island of Koro is associated with the historyof the flood. Its name is Xgginggi-tangithi-Koro, which conveys theidea of a little bird sitting there and lamenting the dro^vned island. Inthis bird the Christians recognise Noahs dove on its second flight fromthe ark. I have heard a native, after listening to the incident as givenby Moses, chant JS^a qiqi sa tagici Koro ni yali: The Qiqi lamentsover Koro, because it is lost. Near Na Savu, Vanua Le^u, the natives point out the site where,in former ages, men built a vast tower, being eager for astronomic in-. SAVU FALLS. RELIGION. 199 formation, and especially anxious to decide the difficult question as towhether the moon was inhabited. To effect their purpose, they cast upa high mound, and erected thereon a great building of timber. Thetower had already risen far skyward, and the ambitious hopes of its in-dustrious builders seemed near fulfilment, when the lower fasteningssuddenly broke asunder, and scattered the workmen over every part ofFiji. It is remarkable that the people of Ono, the most distant island,say that they originally belonged to this locality ; and it is still moreremarkable that there exists a dialectic similarity between these ex-tremes ; and the inhabitants of each are tauvu, worshippers of the samegod; and, in virtue of this, may take from each other what they like,and swear at each other without risk of giving offence. Namosimalua, on hearing of the translation of Enoch and Elijah, atonce named Kerukeru, a woman of Yaro, who was very good, but u
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