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system of working so many days for the landlords out of every montli, and this system 

 has been kept up ever since, even up to the present day.) Kunaka grew very fond of 

 his son for his industrious qualities. 



Shortly after this, during the time of Hua, when the saying, "The bones of 

 Hua are bleached in the sun" was realized, during a spell of great drought, when a 

 great famine was experienced over all the lands from Hawaii to Kauai, all the wet 

 lands were parched and the crops were dried up on account of the drought, so that 

 nothing even remained in the mountains. Waipio was the only land where the water 

 had not dried up, and it was the only land where food was in abundance ; and the people 

 from all parts of Hawaii and as far as Maui came to this place for food. Because of this 

 drought all the lands from Hawaii to Kauai were without food and the people were 

 forced to subsist on mosses and other such things. But all through the drought and 

 famine Waipio never went without food. During this famine the people from Hawaii, 

 Maui and other islands came to get food at Waipio. 



When Kila's brothers heard that there was food at Waipio, their grandfather 

 and mothers made up their minds to send the boys to Waipio for food; but none of the 

 boys were willing to go, because it was at this place that they had abandonded Kila to 

 his fate; so they were verj' reluctant about going, for fear that he might see them and 

 there would be trouble. As often as their mothers urged them to go they as often 

 refused, and finally they told their mothers that on no condition would they think of 

 going. Upon meeting this persistent refusal on the part of their sons, the mothers 

 determined to ask them one by one, to see if there was not a chance to persuade one of 

 them to go, but every one of them refused. The mothers would not have no for an 

 answer, and kept on urging the sons till finally one of the boys, Kaialea, consented to 

 go to Waipio to get them some food. 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Kaialea's Trip to Waipio and His Meeting with Kila. 



In due course of time after setting sail for Waipio, Kaialea and his men arrived 

 at their destination. Just prior to their arrival, however, Kila issued an order through- 

 out the length and breadth of the land, that no one should give any food away upon 

 pain of death. If a landlord gave away food the land would be taken away from him, 

 and so on down the line. As Kaialea and his men were approaching land Kila recog- 

 nized his doiible canoe and immediatel}^ made up his mind that his brothers must be 

 on it. When the canoe was beached, Kila saw his brother. In order, therefore, to 

 make sure that the crime committed against him was really intentional, he ordered 

 his officers to confiscate the canoe of Kaialea. 



The day on which Kaialea arrived was one of the kapu days, when no canoes 

 were allowed to be seen at sea, so when the people came and seized his canoe, Kaialea, 

 took it for granted that it was because of his great crime in breaking the kapu, and he 

 immediately remembered his mother's as well as his brothers' orders about not remain- 



