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it; when he did this it disappeared. At this his wife said: "You will not be able to 

 save your nephew now, because you acted too hastily. Had you obeyed my instruc- 

 tions, he would have beeu brought to life again. Now the spirit of your nephew 

 is dead." When Aukelenuiaiku heard this from his wife, he became down-hearted 

 and believed what his wife told him, that the spirit of his nephew was now beyond 

 recovery. Aukelenuiaiku therefore refused to take food for five days and five nights; 

 he would not touch either food or water, and he denied himself everything, for he was 

 so sorry for his nephew. When Namakaokahai saw her husband refuse to take food 

 she asked him: "Why have you refused to take food?" Her husband replied: "You 

 know quite well why I have refused food, my wife ; that is, the spirit of my nephew. 

 I will not take food until my days of grief are over; then I will again take food." 



Because of this reply made by her husband, sadness entered the heart of 

 Namakaokahai for him; so she said to her husband: "If you have great strength and 

 courage, then your nephew and brothers will have some chance of coming back to life 

 again; but if your courage fails you, then they will never be restored to life again." 

 Aukelenuiaiku then asked his wife: "What is it that I must do with my strength and 

 courage?" "In trying to procure the water of everlasting life of Kane.' If you are 

 able to procure this, theu your nephew and brothers will live." When Aukelenuiaiku 

 heard this from his wife he took food and meat ; the reason of this was because he 

 heard that it was possible to save his nephew and brothers. After he had taken food, 

 Aukelenuiaiku said to his wife : "Where is the road that will lead me to the water of 

 everlasting life of Kane?" His wife replied: "I will show you the way. From this 

 place where we are standing you must go straight to the rising sun, where you will 

 obtain the water of everlasting life of Kane." 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 How Aukelenuiaiku Went in Search of the Water of Life of Kane. 



Wp; will here see the power and courage of Aukelenuiaiku on his mission in 

 a strange land in search of the water of life of Kane. The wife then said to her hus- 

 band: "On this direct line 3'ou must go without once departing from it. You must 

 not go towards the right, for you will then be wandering in the sky and die. You 

 must not go to the left of this line, for you will then fall into space and yon will be 

 lost. All these instructions you must keep in your mind." As soon as his wife con- 

 cluded with her instructions, Aukelenuiaiku took up the box which contained his god 

 Lonoikoualii, put it under his arm and then put on his robe of ashes. When Aukele- 

 nuiaiku was ready to proceed on his journej^ he fell on his wife's neck and the}^ kissed 

 each other, and then made his flight toward the rising suu. 



After Aukelenuiaiku had been gone about a month, Namakaokahai came out of 

 her dwelling-house and looked about. At the end of another month she again went out 



' Hawaiian mythology abounds with reference to the sacred or holy waters of Kane under various names and attri- 

 butes, of which "the water of everlasting life of Kane" was a familiar expression. 



