The Fiji Islanders say that “after the islands had been peopled by the first man and woman, a great rain took place, by which they were finally submerged; but before the highest places were covered by the waters, two large double canoes made their appearance. In one of these was Rokora, the god of carpenters, in the other Rokola, his head workman, who picked up some of the people and kept them on board until the waters had subsided; after which they were again landed on the island. It is reported, that in former times, canoes were always kept in readiness against another inundation. The persons thus saved, eight in number, were landed at Mbenga, where the highest of their gods is said to have made his first appearance. By virtue of this tradition, the chiefs of Mbenga take rank before all others, and have always acted a conspicuous part among the Fijis. They style themselves _Ngalidura-ki-langi_--subject to heaven alone.” AMERICAN INDIAN TRADITIONS. Many of the tribes of North America related in their rude legends that the human race had been destroyed by a deluge, and that their god, to re-people the earth, had changed animals into men. The traveler, Henry, repeats a tradition which he had heard from the Indians of the Lakes. Formerly the Father of the Indian tribes lived toward the rising sun. Having been warned by a dream that a deluge was coming to destroy the earth, he constructed a raft, on which he saved himself with his family and all animals. He floated thus many months on the water. The animals, which then had the power of speech, complained aloud and murmured against him. At last a new earth appeared, and he stepped down on it with all these creatures, who thenceforward lost the power of speech as a punishment for their murmurs against their preserver. THE GREEK STORY.