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no shark can come here. Make a wager with him. You will for the first time beat 

 the king of Hawaii now." 



Because of these words of Lanahuimihaku and his companion, Kakuhihewa said 

 to Lonoikamakahiki : "Say, King of Hawaii, we had better make a wager. If it is a 

 shark you beat us; but if the fish I hold should prove to be an ulna, then we beat you." 

 Lonoikamakahiki replied: "What shall our wagers be?" Kakuhihewa said: "From 

 Leahi to the Kaena point, I will place against your mooring rock." Lonoikamakahiki 

 replied: "It is a bet." Kakuhihewa then pulled on his line and when the fish was 

 almost to the surface, Kakuhihewa said to Lanahuimihaku and his companion : "It is a 

 shark. We have lost to the king of Hawaii." Lanahuimihaku and his companion 

 then looked down and when they saw it was a shark they nodded to Kakuhihewa to let 

 go the line so as to allow the shark to break away and in that way get rid of it before 

 the others could see it. But Lonoikamakahiki had seen the nod and at once saw the 

 intention of Kakuhihewa and his companions to allow the fish to break away from the 

 line ; so he called out to Kakuhihewa and the others : "Saj?, King of Oahu, don't play 

 false and allow the fish to get away by letting go of the line. If you don't see the shark, 

 pull it in to be certain." Kakuhihewa was therefore forced to pull on the line and 

 after a while they all saw plainly that it was a shark. Because of this Kakuhihewa 

 said to Lonoikamakahiki : "You have won. It was because we were certain that no 

 sharks came to these fishing grounds that we made the wager with you." 



It was a well-known fact that no sharks were caught on these fishing grounds, 

 as the place was dedicated to the gods, hence no sharks were supposed to get there, as 

 the gods had charge of the place ; but by the supernatural powers of Loli and Hauna 

 the fishing grounds known to be without sharks became a place infested with them. 

 Having won the wager, Kakuhihewa lost to Lonoikamakahiki that portion of Oahu 

 from Leahi to Kaena point, which became the property of Lonoikamakahiki. 



After this had taken place the desire to take a hand at fishing overcame Lono- 

 ikamakahiki, so he said to Kakuhihewa: "Say, King of Oahu, let me have a hook, line 

 and some bait and also a sinker." Kakuhihewa replied: "Why did you not come pre- 

 pared when you came out to fish? Did you suppose that we were to supply you with 

 these things necessary for a fisherman?" Loli, the attendant, then said: "My king, 

 you have been shamed. This is what I expected and therefore warned you that we 

 had better not come out. Now, therefore, you must kill me." 



In obedience to the former instructions of his attendant, Lonoikamakahiki pro- 

 ceeded to kill Loli and to make use of the different parts for his fishing apparatus, then 

 lowered the whole thing into the sea. He then called the words taught him by Loli, 

 saying: "Say, Loli! Say, Loli, the fish without eyes of the sea!! Catch us a fish, 

 Loli." At that very moment, as soon as the last word was spoken, an ahi bit his hook. 

 As soon as he felt the bite Lonoikamakahiki called out: "Say, Kakuhihewa, what kind 

 of a fish have I caught?" Kakuhihewa hesitated for a while, then asked of Lanahu- 

 imihaku and his companion: "What kind of a fish has the king of Hawaii caught?" 

 Lanahuimihaku and his companion replied: "Name it a shark, because the first fish 

 caught being a shark there must be a lot of them down below." Because of this, and 



