"'Rai vosa ko Lutunasobasoba, I Ragone, dou vakarau toka, Na _Kaunitoni_ mo dou tavotha, Mo nou yara manda nai vola, Nodratou latha ratou thokota, Ra tathiri ni lutu ni iloa, Sokosokoni mbongi ma siga vaka, Sa siri ko Natu Yasawa, E ruru na thangi ka thiri na wanka Mai kamba ko Mbeka ni tayanga Me sa la' ki lewa thangi toka manda, Yau koto na nde ni thangi thawa, Mbula koto mai na thangi raya, Ninkai vosa ko Wankambalambala, Mai mua ki vanua nonda wanka, Latha levu era vakarewataka, Rai ki liu na nkoluvaka, Ka kuvu tiko na muai manda, Ucui Malake ka kombuata, Uru ki vanua me ra thambe sara, Yanuyanu ka ra volita manda, Sa nkai ndua na koro vinaka, Era siro sombu ki matasawa, Na tokalau ka yau talatala, Sa thangi tamba na soko ki raya, Ka ndromu na singa e vakana nawa.' "'Then Lutunasombasomba spoke, Make ready boys, Haul down the _Kaunitoni_, And go and seek the inscriptions, Bend our sails to the yards, They drifted hither and thither till all landmarks were lost, The Yasawa group is seen on the horizon The breeze dies away; the vessel is becalmed, Bekanitanganga climbs aloft, To sit and look for signs of wind. The flying wrack of the hurricane is at hand, A breeze from the west is freshening Then speaks Wankambalambala Set our course towards the land, They hoist the great sail, We shout as we look ahead, The spray shoots up from our prow, We make the cape of Malake And lower the sail to go ashore, They make the circuit of the island, This is indeed a pleasant land, They go down to the landing-place, This wind is in exchange for the south-east wind, A wind permitting no westward voyage, The sun sets in the ocean gulf. And they set out from Malake and sculled[5] their vessel to the mainland; and there they met Ndengei standing on the shore, having come to explore the country. Him they told of their discovery of a very fair island. And they asked him of Vunda, and were directed towards the west. So Ndengei came on board and they coasted westwards to Vunda. And when they told Lutu-na-sombasomba how his inscriptions were lost for ever, he was sore grieved, and from this time his body began to be infirm because his heart was grieved for his lost inscriptions. [Pageheader: THE FIRST SETTLEMENT]