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was seen where the club struck the ground. The two were hidden in the dust. The 

 people ashore thought that Kila was killed, but after the cloud of dust and sand had 

 settled the}^ beheld Makalii and Kila still facing each other; because when Makalii 

 swung his club on the right he brought it down on his left, so Kila had jumped toward 

 the right side of Makalii and was saved from a terrible death. As they again faced 

 each other, Kila twirled and brought down his club, Kahikikolo, the swirl of which 

 felled Makalii. The reason of this escape was because Kila had in mind the warning 

 given him by Moikeha his father, upon his departure from Kauai, in the following 

 words: "You are about to go on your voyage. If you should fight with your uncle, 

 don't be thoughtless, else you will kill him." This was the only reason why Makalii 

 was saved; otherwise he would not have again seen the warming sun. 



After the fight Kila returned to his canoe, while Makalii laid on the ground for 

 a period of time sufficiently long to cook an oven (umu) of food; whereupon he arose 

 and staggered to the house. While on his way to the house he congratulated himself 

 on his miraculous escape. This was the last time he was seen on earth, for he returned 

 up above' and died there. 



The end of this contest saw Kila master of all the lands. The canoe was then 

 beached and he went ashore. At this the shells' cried and asked: "What is the object 

 of this voyage that has brought my lord here?" Kila replied: "It is a voyage in 

 search of a chief." The shells said: "There are no more chiefs; all are dead. We 

 were deserted by your father in this place, without food and without fish, your father 

 taking everything with him, and we have managed to just exist." 



Kila then continued on his way, meeting the former inhabitants of the land who 

 wailed and cried to him, until he arrived at the palace of Moikeha, Moaulanuiakea. 

 This was a very beautiful house, being very lofty and was thatched over with the 

 feathers of birds. The battens were made from the bones of birds and the timbers 

 were of kauila wood. It is said in the legend of Moikeha that the reason why Moikeha 

 journeyed to Kauai and lived with Hooipoikamalanai was on account of his oath, never 

 to return after the ridge-pole of his house, Moaulanuiakea, had sunk out of sight. 



When Kila arrived at the house he looked it over and saw that it was indeed 

 grand, majestic and lofty; but there were no people; the doors were fastened; the 

 guards were dead and the place was overgrown with weeds. Kila, however, had with him 

 the means of unfastening the doors and of bringing the guards to life as well as every- 

 thing else. As he opened the gate, two of the guards came to life and wept over him. 

 As he entered the roadway to the house, two more of the guards came to life. Arriving 

 at the main door, two more guards came to life. As the door was opened another two 

 came to life, and entering the house he found a guard in each room who all came and 

 kneeled before him with tears in their eyes. Kila then lit the lamp which once 

 belonged to Moikeha, walked to the couch and laid down, 



'This doubtless refers to returning to a mountain ^ Even the shells of the shore are made to recognize a 



abode, from which the lowland plains are designated royal scion, 



"the earth". 



