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appear on them, and tliere are very few people living on it. The owner of the land is 

 Namakaokahai, a chiefess, and she has four brothers: Kanemoe, Kaueikaapna, Lea- 

 pua and Kahaumana. She has two servants, Upoho and Haapuainanea. Those who 

 guard and watch over the land are Moela, a dog, and three birds, Manuea, Kiwaba 

 and Halulu. These are all the people who live on the land; there are not many, 

 because the people are devoured \>y the ghosts." 



At the end of the remarks of the lizard to Aukelenuiaiku, she made a box to hold 

 the god of Aukelenuiaiku. After the box was built she put the god into it, who was 

 Lonoikoualii,' and said to Aukelenuiaiku : "With this god you will conquer and become 

 possessed of the land that I have just described. Here is your food and meat; it is a 

 laukahi. This leaf is wholesome; as soon as you touch it to your lips your hunger is 

 satisfied; and when satisfied you can go without eating for a period of four months." 

 The grandmother then took up an axe and a knife and put them into the box. The 

 lizard next cut off its tail and gave it to the grandson, saying: "This is my real body, 

 which you must take with you. Here are also my pau of feathers and my feather kahili 

 which shall act as your preserver when you meet your cousin. With these things in 

 your possession — that is, by wearing the pau and holding this kahili you will cause 

 your enemies to fall and turn into ashes." The lizard then explained the uses of all the 

 different things to her grandson, and she also taught him how to preserve these things 

 of magic; but she did not tell him the name of the cousin. She was Namakaokahai. 



When Aukelenuiaiku disappeared their father showed great grief for him and 

 he mourned for his son for many days. Because of his great grief he refused to take 

 food. After suffering for days he expressed a wish to die. But the mother of Aukele- 

 nuiaiku did not think that her son was dead, and she refused to listen to her husband, 

 to fast and to mourn for their son. She was certain that Aukelenuiaiku was not dead, 

 and that her lizard mother, Kamooinanea, had not devoured him. In discussing with 

 her husband as to the prospects of their son being eaten up by the lizard she said: 

 "If she has eaten him, who is my own issue, then she should have eaten me up first, 

 and after that, my son. I tell you now that Aukelenuiaiku is there down below being 

 educated by his grandmother in all things, and he is not dead. He will yet return 

 to us here above." These words of the wife all came true. 



CHAPTER HI. 



The Return of Aukelenuiaiku and the Benefits Received by Him 



IN Facing Death. 



After all the various things had been mastered by Aukelenuiaiku he then 

 climbed onto the back of the lizard and was lifted up out of the pit; and the lizard 

 again disappeared down the pit. Aukelenuiaiku then took up the box that contained 

 his god together with his club and carried them as he returned to the house. When 

 Aukelenuiaiku reached the house his father and all the chiefs wept for \oy. 



■This closely resembles the name of the god brought from Raiatea by Laa-mai-kahiki and deposited in the heiau 

 of Moikeha at Wailua. Kauai. 



