Note 64 — Introductory material (continued 8)

Aloalo, the receding of the sun far to the south; evidently referring to some voyagers who had been to the north. This is a most remarkable passage of ancient poetry.—C. J. Lyons. If aloalo is the elusive, mirage idea, suggested by Fornander, it would imply that the Tahiti dealt with here was a mysterious receding island, not borne out by the context. ↑