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Foniaiidrr Collrclion of Ha-a'aiiaii Fnlk-Iorc. 



A child of Lua's leaf-opening days.' 

 Went back and lived with Wakea. 

 Papa was restless with child-sickness, 

 Papa conceived the island of Kauai 



45 And gave birth to Kamawaelualanimoku.' 

 Niihaii is the last droppings; 

 Lehua was a border, 

 And Kaula the closing one 

 For the low coral islands; 



50 The low white-marked isles of Lono, 

 The Lord Lono of Kapuniaeolani.' 

 The rain dispelling conch* of Holani, 

 The big-rain dispelling conch of Kahai- 



niakana. 

 It was the second lordly child, Kaponianai, 



55 From the L the sacred L^ of Kaponialamea. 

 The dark dye, blue dye, the black dye,'' 

 The anointed; the anointed destined to war; 

 That is Papa-a. Papa-a. 

 Hoohokukalani, 



60 The high chiefess, Hoohokukalani,' 

 The chiefess of the loud voice, 

 Reverberating, crackling, sharpened. 

 That is modified and pared down 

 As leaves which are worn to thinness. 



65 Wakea was the resemblance, 

 It was Haloa- that was theirs, 

 It was Piiniai, Wailoa, and Kakaihili'' 

 That was settled by the ro)-al owl, 

 The owl of the still eyes'" 



70 That sails on the beach and to windward 

 As a kite of the sacred chief 

 That was folded and united in the same wohi 

 That was Ahukaiolaa and was Laa- -a- . 

 Laamaikahiki was the chief. 



75 Then Ahukinialaa, 

 Kukonaalaa, 



' Young in years. 



' Kw ancient name of the island of Kauai, indicatiiij; a 

 child of heavenly ([uality. 



M<apumaeolani, the sacred sprig of heaven, referring 

 again to Kaniehanieha's chiimed genealogy. 



'The sacred conch sounding to heaven. 



-' The child of two chiefs; the deeply anointed one. 



'Various terms of anointment, or dedication, indicat- 

 ing time, as to morning, noon and night. 



'Daughter of Papa and Wakea, to effect incestuous 

 intercourse wilh whom. Wakea, with aid of his priest, 

 established severe lines of kapus upon women. 



And the parent Laulialaa; 

 The triplets of Laamaikahiki 

 The sacred first-born of Laa 

 80 Who were born on the same day. 



The birth-water broke, gushed forth with 



the birth showing. 

 The navel is Ahulumai, 

 The royal navel, 



The very innermost royal heated navel." 

 85 The offspring of Kalani, the heavenly one, 

 Was Puaakahuoi, 



Kamalea and Makahiko of Piliwale, 

 Kamaiolena, Kahaloalena, 

 Haloleuaula, Kalaniniauuia, 

 90 The highly praised one of Manuia. 

 The yellow dog that was reddened 

 To beget full friendship, 

 That is Kaunui of Kanehoalani. 

 This is the water-gourd of Hoalani, 

 95 It is Kaeho Kumanawa 



At the liver near the chest bone. 

 The changing thought'' 

 That controls the muscles of the eye 

 Which is uncovered and unties the knot. 

 100 The floating flower on the royal platform. 

 I am Kapuakahi" Kuaana from Kane, 

 The wife who lived with Iwikauikaua''' 

 Who begat Kaneikauauwilani, 

 The crest-breaking surf 

 105 That breaks double;'^ 



The high-combing wave that broke over 



the royal foam. 

 The broken waves that suck and draw 



towards the deep, 

 That twisted and absorbed Liloa, 

 The one of the roval belt: 



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'Haloa, son of Hoohokukalani and Wakea. whom he 

 resembled, as in the preceding line. 



'Lines of aliis. 



'"Expression indicative of a high chief. Us "still 

 ej'es" imply dignity, which is borne out as on wing it 

 swoops o'er the fields. 



" Refers to high and sacred rank. 



''The Hawaiian's idea of the seat of thought was not 

 the brain, but the intestines. 



^^ Kapuakahi, lit. "the first flower." 



"Referring to Akahi-a-kuleana, mother of Umi. 



'" Referring to Umi-a-Liloa who broke the kapu of 

 .Ahaula at Paakaalana, W'aipio. 



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