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presence of his wife, she said: "You are very foolish," my husband. It was for you to 

 go in search of the water, and when you had found it I would use it, and in so doing 

 bring back to life your nephew and older brothers. But instead of this, you have come 

 back and acted ignorantly. Had you poured out all the water, your nephew and older 

 brothers could never have been restored to life." 



Soon after this they entered the house, and Namakaokahai was confined and a 

 child was born to them, and he was named Kauilanuimakaehaikalani. This child had 

 two natures, the nature of a god and of a human being. The appearance of the child 

 at the back was like a rock, that is, from the head to the feet ; but in front it had the 

 appearance of a human being. 



After the confinement Namakaokahai said to her husband : "Let me bring back 

 your nephew and older brothers to life again." Aukelenuiaiku gave his consent to 

 this, and they set out to that part of the ocean where the brothers and nephew of 

 Aukelenuiaiku had been destroyed and there they stopped. Namakaokahai then said 

 to her husband: "Pour out some of the water of life in the hollow of your hand, and 

 I will sprinkle it into the sea." Aukelenuiaiku did as he was requested. Namaka- 

 okahai then dipped the end of her finger into the water and sprinkled it into the sea. 

 After this they returned to the shore without looking back. On reaching land they 

 turned and looked back and, lo and behold! there stood the ship; and they saw the 

 men climbing up the masts folding the sails and coiling the ropes. 



After Aukelenuiaiku and the others had landed, Aukelenuiaiku said to his son, 

 Kauilanuimakaehaikalani: "When your uncles and cousin come ashore and you 

 should have a quarrel with your cousin, don't use bad words, because he is a boy 

 whose very words are sacred; he is a great favorite, and his very words are to be 

 obeyed, even to death and the offering on the altar. My older brothers themselves 

 are very touchy upon hearing words not altogether proper; so I want you to be 

 very quiet ; don't answer back, but be at peace with one another. This will also be 

 the course of your parents." Upon hearing these words from his father, the boy 

 promised to do as he was told. 



While Aukelenuiaiku was cautioning his son, the older brothers and nephew 

 came ashore where they all met and wept over each other, and after their greeting 

 they went to the house and settled down. The length of time from their death until 

 the bringing back to life of these people was three years. 



After they had lived together for some time, Aukelenuiaiku gave all his lands 

 to his brothers, and furthermore he also gave them his wife, Namakaokahai, and they 

 virtually had all the say about her, and they slept with her, traveled with her and 

 lived with her. The brothers took turns with the wife in this way: first one brother 

 would have her for a day and a night, then the next brother would have her for a day 

 and a night, and so on down; but the older brother, Kekamakahainuiaiku, the one 

 who hated Aukelenuiaiku, had a double portion ; that is, he took their wife for two 

 days and two nights at a time. 



' Halaoa, to project or stand out, is defined further in the original as resepibling ma/iaoi, impertinent or presumptious. 



