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and it is also used in the lashing of the single as well as of the double canoe, and is 

 spoken of as such even at this present generation. 



After Moikeha had enjoyed himself in the games, he came home without at all 

 thinking that anything wrong had taken place in his domestic affairs; but in this he 

 was disappointed. Upon Moikeha's arrival at home he met Luukia, and although there 

 was some small change in his reception, still on the whole he was treated in the usual 

 manner, Luukia entering into conversation with him. It was only after Moikeha had 

 discovered that Luukia had been lashed that she ceased speaking to him. Immedi- 

 atel}' upon arriving at the palace, Moikeha saw that there was something wrong by 

 Luukia's countenance, and he at once began to ponder within himself as to the prob- 

 able cause of the trouble. 



That night, while in their preparation to retire, Moikeha was surprised at see- 

 ing Luukia retiring with her pau still on, something entirely unusual with her, she 

 not having done au3'thing of the kind during their peaceful days. Moikeha, however, 

 did not show his surprise by any utterance, but bided his own time for four nights 

 with the determination if possible to find out the cause of this extraordinary behavior 

 on the part of Luukia. On the fourth night Moikeha saw no change, Luukia still 

 wore the pau on retiring. The next night, Moikeha, with a desire to ascertain the 

 cause of this queer behavior, undertook to unfasten the pau, and after it was unfastened 

 he saw that Luukia had been corded from her waist to the middle of her thighs. 

 Upon making this discovery, Moikeha asked Luukia why she had done this, but she 

 made no reply. From evening until midnight Moikeha urged her to tell him the cause 

 of this lashing, but she utterly refused to even say one word. All through the rest of 

 the night Moikeha pondered over this recent change that came over Luukia and said 

 to himself: "Your actions are indeed strange. Here we have been living right along 

 in peace, and now you will not even speak to me. What fault have I committed that 

 you should cause j^ourself to be lashed in this manner? Very well then, I am going 

 to absent myself from you and shall go to some other land, and thus give 3'ou a chance 

 to have your wish fulfilled." 



Thereupon, Moikeha directed his foster-son to make ready the double canoe in 

 the following words: "Let us sail for Hawaii, because I am so agonized for love of 

 this woman (Luukia). When the ridge-pole of \i\y house, Lanikeha, disappears below 

 the horizon, then I shall cease to think of Tahiti." Kamahualele then directed the 

 paddlers to get the double canoe ready. As soon as this was done Moikeha took his 

 sisters, Makapuu and Makaaoa, his two younger brothers, Kumukahi and Haehae. 

 He also took his priest Mookini' and the chief men who wait on him, such as his 

 navigators and sailing masters, his immediate attendants and favorites, and also his 

 spies who were to spy out the land. 



One early morning at dawn, just at the rise of the star Sirius, Moikeha boarded 

 his double canoe, taking with him all his attendants and followers, and set out from 

 Tahiti. From that morn until sunrise when they first beheld Hilo all went well, 



' Name of the fanied Paao temple at Puuepa, North Koliala. 



