g6 Fornander Collection of Haivaiian Folk-lore. 



We will here pause for a moment in speaking of Aukelenuiaikii and let lis take 

 up Kamohoalii. When Aukelenuiaiku entered the lama grove and he became entangled 

 with the trees, the sound of the breaking lama was carried to the ears of Kamohoalii, 

 but not being certain as to the direction from which the sound came, he listened for two 

 months. At the end of the two months he heard the sound of the breaking of the loulu 

 palm leaves, so Kamohoalii knew that the person who had entered these groves was 

 traveling from the bottom of the hole upwards. This he was quite sure, because the 

 sound of the loulu palm leaves was like the sound of thunder ; the lama was like the sound 

 of a shell, and the .sound of the bamboo was like the beating of the waves against a cliff. 

 By these different sounds and the rotation in which they sounded, Kamohoalii was able 

 to know that the person was on his way out of the hole. Therefore he enquired of 

 those who were guarding the water-gourd, Huawaiakaula: "Where is the water-gourd 

 and the net outside of the gourd?" The guard replied: "You came and took it some 

 time ago." Kamohoalii then said to them: "I did not come for it." 



After this Kamohoalii flew up until he met Kuemanii, one of the guards on the 

 way up, and asked him: "Have you seen the mischievous man?" Kuemanu replied: 

 "I saw him coming up from below; he is your cousin Aukelenuiaiku, who came for the 

 water of life of Kane for his nephew and older brothers." When Kamohoalii heard 

 this, he said: "He is a wicked fellow. That is not the proper thing for a cousin to 

 do ; he should have come and seen me on the matter, and not steal it. I don't blame 

 him for taking the water of life, but he has ill-used our grandmother, Huawaiakaula, 

 and our grandfather Paleaikalanalana." This was because Aukelenuiaiku had broken 

 off the neck of the water gourd, and also pulled to pieces the network of strings that 

 served as the covering. 



At the end of the conversation with Kuemanu, Kamohoalii used his greatest 

 efforts in flying, with the idea of overtaking Aiikelenuiaiku, when he would fight him. 

 When Kamohoalii reached the top of the hole, he asked of the guard, Kanenaiau: 

 "Have you seen the man that came up from below?" "I have seen him, and it was 

 Aukelenuiaiku, your cousiu." "How long ago since he passed here?" "One year and 

 six months." When Kamohoalii heard this he seized Kekuaokalani's stick, Hoolehe- 

 lehekii, and returned to the bottom of the hole. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



How Aukelenuiaiku Brought Back to Life His Nephew 

 AND Older Brothers. 



When Aukelenuiaiku arrived at that part of the ocean where his nephew and 

 older brothers were destroyed, he poured out the water of life into the sea until it was 

 almost all gone, leaving only about half of the water. While Aukelenuiaiku was 

 pouring out the water of life, Namakaokahai saw her husband doing this, and she knew 

 that the restoration of the nephew and brothers was not succeeding. She therefore 

 called out: "Say, Aukelenuiaiku, come home." When Aukelenuiaiku arrived in the 



