164 Pomander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



Through Kila's power of foresight he answered : "There is a chief. He is living 

 in the uplands of Wahiawa, screened by the fog and secreted by Huihui and Maeele." 



The reason why this call was made by Kila on Kanepohihi, was because he was 

 without food. To the request for food, Kanepohihi replied: "I have no food. All I 

 do is to live in idleness here. There is only one person who has food, your uncle 

 Makalii." 



Makalii was Moikeha's own younger brother, and he was the king and ruler of 

 the land. He had a net named after himself, Makalii, in which were kept the food and 

 fish as well as other things. Makalii, who was also educated in all of the arts of the 

 day, could tell of coming future events, as well as Moikeha or Kila. Because of this 

 power as a fortune-teller he was able to foresee the arrival of Kila to his kingdom. 

 So he took up all the food and placed it in a net and hung it out of reach, which was the 

 origin of the old Hawaiian saying : "Makalii drew in his net (koko) and hung it up." 

 Kanepohihi, on being requested for food, changed herself into the form of a rat and 

 climbed up, nibbled at the net of Makalii, cutting it and causing the food and fish to 

 fall out, thus supplying Kila and his companions with food. 



Shortly after this Kila sailed for the main island, the canoe going toward the 

 kapued harbor, where the kapu stick was standing. This place was Moikeha's ; no 

 canoe was allowed to land here; no person was allowed to pass by it upon pain of death. 

 The place had been kapued before Moikeha left, and ever since his departure its sacred- 

 ness had been maintained. When the canoe was nearing the landing place the people 

 on shore were heard calling: "There is a canoe! There is a canoe!! That canoe does 

 not seem to have any fear for the kapu of the king. Your superior strength, if any 

 you have, will be the only salvation for you this day." 



Before Kila and his people reached the landing place and hauled their canoe up 

 on the sand, he was bundled up and placed on the platform. Kila, as we have said, 

 was a very handsome man and was good to look upon, so much so that it could not be 

 hidden by the covering in which he was wrapped. After he had been placed on the 

 platform he addressed his followers, saying : "When you see a large man come to the 

 canoe, it is Mua. He is a great admirer of women. He is the man that was the be- 

 trayer of Moikeha, and the one that caused Moikeha to leave his own country. Don't 

 tell him about me, in case he should ask you." 



As soon as Mua reached the canoe, he looked over the men and stood them up. 

 Examining the first one and finding a protuberance on his body, he remarked: "You 

 will never be able to get Luukia." He then examined the next man, and so on to the 

 last, with the exception of Kila. The reason why Mua examined the men was because 

 he wished to find one who could command the admiration of Luukia, and by him get 

 a chance to approach Luukia, as he had never been able to please Luukia even up to 

 this time. 



Luukia was a very beautiful woman and had no equal. She was the wife of 

 Olopana, and owing to his being afflicted with the dropsy they never lived together. 



