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aiku saw him he flew and lit on the back of the guard. While Aukelenuiaikii was 

 perched on his back, he asked in anger and hatred: "Say, you are awfully conceited! 

 Whose conceited child are you? My back has never been climbed by my grandchild 

 Kamohoalii, and here you have come and done it." Aukelenuiaiku replied: "Your 

 own." "Mine by whom?" "I am the child of Kapapaiakea and Iku." "Are you the 

 grandchild of Kapoino and Kamooinanea?" "Yes," said Aukelenuiaiku. 



When the guard heard these words from Aukelenuiaiku, he greeted him, say- 

 ing: "My greetings to you, my lord. What has brought you here?" Aukelenuiaiku 

 replied: "I have come for the water of everlasting life of Kane, for my nephew and 

 my brothers." Kanenaiau then asked: "Isn't it all gone?" Aukelenuiaiku replied: 

 "No, it is not all gone." Kanenaiau said: "Look at my middle." While Aukelenui- 

 aiku was looking at the middle of Kanenaiau, he was instructed as to the course by 

 which he was to fly, as follows: "Where art thou, don't fly on this side, for you will 

 strike the bamboo growing in this place ; if j^ou strike the bamboo, the sound will 

 reach the ears of your cousin, and the water will be covered up and you will not get it. 

 You must therefore fly on this side and you will be able to get the water of everlasting 

 life of Kane." 



At the end of these instruction^:. Aukelenuiaiku continued on his flight. After 

 flying for some time he saw and lit on Hawewe, when the same questions were asked 

 relating to Aukelenuiaiku's connections to him. Hawewe asked: "My lord, what is 

 your object in coming here?" "I have come in search of the water of life of Kane." 

 Hawewe then answered: "You must not fly on the left side, else j^ou will strike the 

 lama trees, and the sound will reach the ears of your cousin below, and you will never 

 be able to get the water of life of Kane. You must therefore fl}' on this side, then you 

 will get what 3'ou wish." These two men were the granduncles of Aukelenuiaiku on 

 the side of his mother, Kapapaiakea. The time consumed by Aukelenuiaiku in his 

 flight from the first man to the second man was two months. 



After the conversation which was held between him and Hawewe, Aukelenui- 

 aiku flew until he lit on Kanenaenae. At the end of the questions and answers relat- 

 ing to the parents of Aukelenuiaiku, Kanenaenae then knew that he was connected to 

 Aukelenuiaiku, and he therefore fell on him and wept. At the end of the weeping he 

 asked Aukelenuiaiku: "What has brought my lord here?" Aukelenuiaiku answered: 

 "I have come for the water of everlasting life of Kane, for my nephew and brothers." 

 Kanenaenae then asked: "Is it not all gone?" "No, it is not all gone." "Yes, you 

 shall have it. Look straight at my middle." ' While Aukelenuiaiku was looking, 

 Kanenaenae said: "You must not fly on this side, for you will strike the loulu palm 

 leaves and the sound will travel to your cousin there below, and the water of life of 

 Kane will be closed and you will not be able to get it. You must therefore fly along 

 this way. In this flight downward you will meet your grandfather who will direct 

 you how to get to this water of life." 



'The phrase nana i kuu piko, lit. look at my uavel, or middle, may be understood as a command for attention, 

 to "look directly at me." 



