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of the fingers of her servants, in all her beauty.' Makalii thought a good deal of his 

 wife and he made much of her. The sun was eclipsed by her, and the rainbow was 

 her footstool. When Aukelenuiaiku saw these different things and then the wife of 

 Makalii, he grew faint and dizzy, and could hardly control himself, so he made up his 

 mind to come back to earth. 



CHAPTER XII. 

 Relating to Kaumaiilunaoholaniku. 



When Aukelenuiaiku arrived in the presence of his wife and their child, after 

 an absence of several days, he remained with her for about two months. One day on 

 taking a nap at noontime he fell into a deep sleep and he dreamed a dream in which 

 he saw the spirit of his nephew, Kaumaiilunaoholaniku." This boy was the son of his 

 oldest brother, the boy who accompanied them on the voyage from Kuaihelani, the son 

 of Kekamakahinuiaiku, the brother who had a violent temper. At sight of the spirit 

 of his nephew, Aukelenuiaiku wept in his sleep, and when he awoke he was still crying. 

 Upon waking from his sleep he could not get the effects off his mind and he remem- 

 bered his nephew and brothers, so he wept aloud. While Aukelenuiaiku was weeping 

 his wife asked him: "What are you crying about?" "I am crying for the love of my 

 child." "Have you a child, then?" "Not mine, the son of my oldest brother. He 

 died with my brothers on the day our ship arrived here. In my dream I saw his spirit 

 coming up from the bottom of the sea, followed by the spirits of his father and uncles." 



When his wife heard this, she said to her husband: "Your nephew can be 

 saved." Aukelenuiaiku asked: "How can I bring him back to life?" The wife 

 replied: "Only when you obey my instructions; then, and only then, will your nephew 

 come back to life." "What is "it you wish me to do?" "Take some food and meat 

 with you out of doors and there have your meal. Perchance your nephew's spirit will 

 see you eating and will come to you. If the spirit does come to you, don't attempt to 

 catch it,^ not even if it comes and stands at your back ; but if it comes and sits on your 

 lap, then catch it and your nephew and brothers will be restored to life again. Their 

 spirits were on their way to the mountains to gather food." ^ 



As soon as these instructions were given him Aukelenuiaiku did as he was told 

 by his wife. While he was eating, the spirit of his nephew came to him. The wife 

 then said to Aukelenuiaiku: "Be quick with your meal so that the spirit of your 

 nephew will remain with you longer." While Aukelenuiaiku was eating very fast, 

 the spirit kept on going around him at his back and in front of him. As the spirit 

 came nearer and got quite close to Aukelenuiaiku, Aukelenuiaiku attempted to catch 



'Tributes of the elements to rare beauty and high ^Poi iiliane, spirit-snatching was a deep-seated super- 

 birth is characteristically the Hawaiian ideal, not re- stition that was fostered by a class of sorcerers professing 

 stricted to legendary lore. Heavy rains, or an electric ability to cause the spirits of the dead to reenter the 

 storm on the death or funeral of one of high station, or body of a person and possess it, as may be desired, or, 

 the red rain -ua koko- or rainbow presence are acknow- at will, to seize and crush a departing spirit to its ever- 

 ledged as signs of royal recognition. lasting death. 



^ Kaii-mai-iluna-o-holani-ku: lit. appearing over East '■ Ai pioia, food of departed spirits, was supposed to be 



Holani. See note 2, p. 40. butterflies, moths, spiders and such ephemeral objects. 



