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I think it was because in the cradle of the human family there were so many hurts from the bites of snakes and sea-eels they couldn't guard against them that man salved his wounds by crediting his enemy with devilish qualities. That's the probable origin of the garden of Eden myth." Again Tiura spoke of the Scorpion in the sky, and I knew he desired to talk of Pipiri Ma.
The birds, so rare near the sea-shore, sang to us, and we saw many nests of fine moss. The scenery was different from that of the Valley of Fautaua, which I had climbed with Fragrance of the Jasmine, more rugged, and less captivating, yet beautiful and inspiring. The enormous blocks of basalt often poised upon a point alarmed us, and Tiura said that many times they had crashed down into the abyss.
The lake lies high in the mountains, at the very summit of the valley of Mataiea, and overlooks the Great Valley of Papenoo, owned by Count Polonsky, the cultivated Slav-Frenchman. Tiura, the chief's oldest adopted son, arranged for the journey, and led the four of us who made it.
Tiura finished with a finger pointing to Antares, of the Scorpion constellation. "That," he concluded, "is the cloud which was itself transformed." The doctor shook out his pipe as we entered the flimsy hut.
Tiura," said I, "the stars are fixed, but there was the vahine with all but the tail of Faaraianuu in her ipu, walking toward this very spot. What became of her?" The son of Tetuanui smiled, and continued: "On her way she stopped to see the sorcerer, Tahu-Tahu and his vahine. They were friends.
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