Note 5 — Introductory material (continued 2)

Upon their arrival at Paliuli,5 they looked and saw that it was a very good land, flat, fertile and well filled with many things desired by man; the ohias were as large as breadfruit; they saw a fish pond within the land stocked with all kinds of fish of the sea with the exception of the whale and the shark, so they made their home there. They began to cultivate the soil, raised different animals until the place was filled with everything imaginable. The sugar-cane grew until it fell over and rose again,6 the bananas fell scattering,7 the hogs grew until the tusks were long; the chickens until their spurs were long and sharp; and the dogs until their backs were broadened out.