back.--_Explanation._ A banana tree, with a bunch of bananas.

"2. There are twenty brothers, each with a hat on his
head.--_Explan._ A man's fingers and toes; the nails of which are
represented as hats.

"3. A man who stands between two ravenous fish.--_Explan._ The
tongue, as being placed between the teeth of the upper and lower
jaws.

"4. There are four brothers, who are always bearing about their
father.--_Explan._ The Samoan pillow, formed by four legs and a
bamboo; the legs being the four brothers, the bamboo the father.

"5. There is a man who calls out continually day and
night.--_Explan._ The surf on the reef, which never rests.

"6. There is a man who, when he leaves the bush, is very little;
but when he has reached the sea-shore, becomes very
great.--_Explan._ The bark of the paper-mulberry, which, when first
taken off the wood, is very narrow; but, when beaten out to make
the native cloth, becomes very broad.

"7. A man who has a white head stands above the fence, and reaches
to the heavens.--_Explan._ The smoke rising from the oven.

"8. The person who sleeps on a bed of whales' teeth.--_Explan._ A
fowl sitting on her eggs.

"9. Many brothers, but only one intestine.--_Explan._ A string of