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la manawa, hele raai la o Kila, a kahea mai la : " Welina hoi ia oe e Laamaikahiki ." 

 Laamaikaliiki. "Owai oe?" "Owau nei o Kila i uka, o Kila i kai, o Kila-pa- 



Wahineikamalanai, o kama wau a Moikelia." 



lyaamaikaliiki. "Ke ola la no ka o Moikelia?" "Ke ola la no." 

 Laamaikahiki. "Ka walea ana?" Kila. "I walea ia Kauai i ka la hiki ae a 



po iho, i keekee a ka nalu o Makaiwa, i ke kahuli mai a ka pua kukni o Puna, o ka 



waihalau o Wailua, noho no ia Kauai a make ia Kauai." 



A no keia hana a Kila, ninau pono aku la o Laamaikahiki: "Heaha kau huakai 



i hiki mai ai i o'u nei?" I aku la o Kila: "I hoouna ia mai nei wau e ka makuakane 



kaua e kii mai ia oe, e holo aku e ike mai ko kakou makuakane ia kakou apau. No 

 ka mea, ua hele mai nei wau e like me ke kauoha a ko kakou makuakane, a hiki iho 

 nei wau maanei; aka, aole nae he loaa. A nolaila, ua hoomakaukau e hoi, e ole ka 

 luahine, loaa iho nei oe." A no keia olelo a Kila, hoomakaukau koke ae la o Laama- 

 ikahiki e holo me kona kaikaina i Hawaii nei e like me ka makemake o Moikeha. 



1 ka manawa i manao ai o Laamaikahiki pela, alalia lawe ae la oia me kana mau kahuna, 

 a lawe pu ae la no hoi me ke akua, o Lonoikaoualii. 



Holo mai la o Laamaikahiki, me kana mau kahuna, a me na kanaka i holo pu 

 aku me Kila, a ma ia holo ana, i ke kokoke ana aku i Kauai, ia manawa hookani ae la 

 o Laamaikahiki i ka pahu. Ia manawa lolie ae la o Moikeha i ka leo o kana pahu, 

 alalia manao ae la oia, ua holo aku o Laamaikahiki me kona kaikaina. Ia manawa 

 hoomakaukau ae la o Moikeha i ka aina a me ka hale, no ka hiki aku o ke alii Laamai- 

 kahiki. A hiki aku la o Laamaikahiki me Kila, lilo ae la o ua Laamaikahiki nei ma 

 ka lima o ke kahuna nui o Kauai o Poloahilani, a hoihoi ia aku la i loko o ka heiau, 

 me kona akua o Lonoikaoualii. Ua oleloia, na Laamaikahiki i lawe mua mai ke akua 

 ma Hawaii nei. 



Noho iho la o Laamaikahiki ma Kauai, a mahope, holo aku la ma Maui a noho 

 ma Kahikinui. Ua kapaia aku ia wahi maniuli o ko Laamaikahiki inoa. A no ka 

 makani o ia -wahi, haalele aku la o Laamaikahiki ia laila, holo aku la a ma ka aoao 

 komohana o Kahoolawe. A malaila kahi i noho ai a hiki i kona manawa i hoi aku ai 

 i Tahiti. Ua olelo ia no ka holo ana o Laamaikahiki i Kahoolawe, ka mea i kapaia ai 

 ka moana ma ke komohana o Kahoolawe, "o Kealaikahiki". Noho iho la o Laamaika- 

 hiki ma Kahoolawe, a no ka pono ole o ka manao o na kahiina, nolaila haalele ai o 

 Laamaikahiki ia Kahoolawe, a hoi aku la i Kauai; a make o Moikeha, ili iho la ka 

 aina ia Kila, hoi aku la o Laamaikahiki i Tahiti. 



MOKUNA IV. 



Ka Noho Alii ana o Kila, ame ka Huahua ana o Kona mau Kaikuaana. 



Mahope iho o ko Moikeha make ana, laweia aku la kona kupapau ma ka pali o 

 Haena, a hiki i ka manawa a Kila i hoihoi ai i Tahiti. Ia manawa mahope iho, noho 

 iho la o Kila ma ko Moikeha noho ana, e like me ka makemake o kona makuakane, a 

 me kona mau makuahine, a me ka makuakane o na makuahine. 



Memoirs B. P. B. Museum, Vol. IV. — 9. 



