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Kakuhihewa upon hearing this said: "Howj-ou deceive! Who has tanght you 

 that that calabash could ever hold the bones of six chiefs?" "Lonoikamakahiki said: 

 "I say it. Tomorrow my foster-father Hauna will arrive and he will tell you people 

 about the matter." Kakuhihewa then said to him: "And who has brought you word 

 that Hauna is to arrive tomorrow?" Lonoikamakahiki replied: "I, myself, say so 

 because of my knowledge." Kakuhihewa then asked of Lanahuimihaku and his com- 

 panion: "Say, are the words spoken by the king of Hawaii true, that he can see the 

 future and that Hauna is to arrive tomorrow?" Lanahuimihaku replied: "It is a lie; 

 he has no knowledge of the future. We were the two men who were able to tell him of 

 the future from the time of his father, and this Hauna, who is living on Hawaii, and 

 the attendant whom he killed when we were out fishing were the only men who 

 could tell of the future ; but the king there knows nothing at all about the matter." 

 Kakuhihewa then again asked: "Is it true that Hauna is going to arrive here tomor- 

 row?" Lanahuimihaku and his companion replied: "It is not true. Make a wager 

 with him." 



Kakuhihewa then said to Lonoikamakahiki: "Say, King of Hawaii, since we 

 have at last found a subject for another contest — the matter of the arrival of Hauna 

 tomorrow — let us, therefore, have one." Lonoikamakahiki replied : "What have you 

 to offer as your wager ? A good contest can only be made when one has something to 

 place as a wager." Kakuhihewa said : "Why not let Oahu be offered as against 

 Hawaii?" Lonoikamakahiki made answer: "When you know that I have already won 

 Oahu you come and again offer it for a wager." Kakuhihewa said: "You must put 

 away such thoughts. King of Hawaii. It was the small Oahu that we wagered before, 

 and large Oahu is still my own." Lonoikamakahiki then replied: "It is well, then. 

 The stakes are the island districts. Oahu containing six districts and Hawaii also 

 containing six." After this bet was made and agreed on, that night Hauna arrived in 

 Kailua, and so the next morning Lonoikamakahiki said to Kakuhihewa: "Hauna has 

 arrived on Oahu." 



When Kakuhihewa heard these words from Lonoikamakahiki, he sent out his 

 messenger, Kuleonui, a man famous for being a very fast runner, and told him : "You 

 must go around Oahu and look for Hauna. When you find him, kill him, and seize 

 all his property, so that we may be able to defeat the king of Hawaii." At this Kuleo- 

 nui started on his trip around the island of Oahu ; but he was unable to find Hauna. 

 He therefore returned and reported to Kakuhihewa, saying: "I have made a circuit of 

 Oahu but was unable to find Hauna. He has not arrived even, nor is there a canoe to 

 be seen at sea coming this way, nor is there one hauled up on the shore; none at all." 

 At this Kakuhihewa began to think that he would beat Lonoikamakahiki. Kakuhihewa 

 then went to Lonoikamakahiki and again asked him: "Has Hauna arrived?" Lono- 

 ikamakahiki replied: "He has arrived." 



When Kakuhihewa heard this from Lonoikamakahiki, he again sent Kuleonui 

 to make another circuit of Oahu. Again Kuleonui started out and returned to the 

 king to whom he reported, saying: "I have not found him. He has not even arrived," 

 repeating what he said at the other time. 



