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In after-times it was arranged that Lafai was to live in one district, Fune in another, and the aunt Fotu between them to prevent quarrelling. If Lafai commenced strife, Fune and Fotu united to put it down; if Fune took the initiative, then Lafai and Fotu united in restoring peace.
Kummer went to examine the tents, and the flocks of the chief of this tribe who conducted him himself, and boasted of his wealth and his dignity: he told him that he was the Prince Fune Fahdime Muhammed, son of Liralie Zaide, King of the Moors, called Trazas, and that, when he returned from the sea coast, he would take him to the King, his father, and that he would see there, his numerous slaves, and his innumerable flocks.
"In Japan it would be better to be born without hands and feet than to be born without relatives." Hono-bono to Akashi no ura no Asa-giri ni Shima-kakure-yuku Fune wo shi zo omou. My thoughts are with a boat Which travels island-hid In the morning-mist Of the shore of Akashi Dim, dim! After Hongkong, they let the zone of eternal summer behind them.
Nagaki yo no To no nemuri no Miname-zame, Nami nori fune no Oto no yoki kana. From the deep sleep Of a long night Waking, Sweet is the sound Of the ship as it rides the waves. When August snow fell upon St. Moritz, the Barringtons descended to Milan, Florence, Venice and Rome.
Fujinami Gennosuké had warned his irreligious son most gravely against the danger of tampering with the testament of Asako's father, and of provoking thereby a visitation of his "rough spirit." Tomo ni narite Onaji minato wo Izuru fune no Yuku-ye mo shirazu Kogi-wakari-nuru! Those ships which left The same harbour Side by side Towards an unknown destination Have rowed away from one another!
When near Savaii they caught a fai or skate, raised it on the mast and made a sail of it, and from that a son of Vaasiliifiti was called Laifai, or "sail made of the fai." After a time they saw a fish nibbling at the fune or core of a bread-fruit, and from that they called another son of Vaasiliifiti Fune or "core."
Fune had the epithet feai, or savage, added to his name, from the habit which he had of biting his finger-nails when he went to battle. It is said that the god Tangaloa of the heavens once gave the people there a choice of two things. First, a heap of whales' teeth, or, secondly, a stream of water. They chose the former. The god said, "No; you had better have the water."
Here is how Dutch boys do it: Een, twee, sen kopje thee; Een, klotje er bij, Af ben jij! Along the Rhine this is popular: Ene, tene, mone, mei, Paster, lone, bone, strei, Ene, fune, herke, berke, Wer? Wie? Wo? Was? The poet Pope says, "The proper study of mankind is man."
Sadako told her cousin that the young man was a genius, and would one day be Professor of Literature at the Imperial University. Yo no naka wo Nani ni tatoyemu? Asa-borake Kogi-yuku fune no Ato no shira-nami. To what shall I compare This world? To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn!
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