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in accordance with the words of Lanahiiimihaku and his companion, he answered Lono- 

 ikamakahiki, saying: "It is a shark." Lonoikamakahiki answered back: "No, you 

 are mistaken. King of Oahu." Kaknhihewa then asked Lonoikamakahiki : "And what 

 do you say it is?" Lonoikamakahiki replied: "This is not a shark, it is an ahi." 



Because of this reply made b}- Lonoikamakahiki, Kaknhihewa therefore asked 

 of Lanahuimihaku and his companion: "Is the fish caught by the king of Hawaii 

 really an ahi?" Lanahuimihaku and his companion replied: "The king of Hawaii is 

 deceiving us. Don't you know that everybody knows that no ahi can be caught in 

 Oahu, and that such fish can only be caught at Niihau and Hawaii fishing stations? 

 Make a wager with him." Kakuhihewa then called out : "Saj-, King of Hawaii, let 

 us settle on a wager then. From the Kaena point to the Kaoio point as against yotir 

 mooring rock." Lonoikamakahiki replied: "It is a bet." 



As soon as the wager was settled Lonoikamakahiki pulled on the line and when 

 the fish was almost to the surface he allowed it to pull away directly below the dotible 

 canoe of Kakuhihewa and his companions. At this time Kakuhihewa and his men 

 made out that the fish caught b}' Lonoikamakahiki was an ahi. As the fish was plainly 

 seen Lanahuimihaku and his companion said to Kakuhihewa: "We are beaten by the 

 king of Hawaii, for here it is; the fish is really an ahi." 



When the fish came up to the side of the canoe of Lonoikamakahiki, Lonoika- 

 makahiki took a wreath of lehua blossoms and a wreath of hala, which had been made 

 ready beforehand for this purpose, and put them around the gills of the fish, and then 

 called out to Kakuhihewa: "Say, King of Oahu, this fish must have come all the way 

 from Hawaii, for it is the yellow-gilled ahi of Umulau, for it is wearing wreaths of hala 

 and of lehua." 



When Kakuhihewa heard these words of Lonoikamakahiki he, as well as those 

 with him, was surprised and therefore asked of Lanahuimihaku and his companion, 

 saying: "Do you two know that the ahi of Hawaii wear wreaths of lehua and hala?" 

 Lanahuimihaku and his companion replied: "The king of Hawaii is deceiving tis. 

 Make another wager." 



In obedience to this Kakuhihewa therefore called out: "Say, King of Hawaii, 

 let us make a wager. From the Kaoio point to Mokapu I will place against your 

 mooring rock." Lonoikamakahiki replied: "It is a bet." As soon as the bet was made 

 the stern of the double canoe of Lonoikamakahiki was turned toward the double canoe 

 of Kakuhihewa, the fish was then made fast and Lonoikamakahiki showed the wreaths 

 to Kakuhihewa, so that he was beaten. 



After Kakuhihewa had been beaten, Lanahuimihaku and his companion said to 

 Kakuhihewa : "We have been beaten in all our wagers, and the island of Oahu is 

 almost wholly gone. Now, therefore, we had better do this : let us wager the rest of 

 island, from Mokapu to Leahi, as against the mooring rock, and let us have a canoe 

 race. The canoe that will reach dry land first shall be the winner. If the king of 

 Hawaii should agree to this then we will surely win, because he has but two rowers." 



Because of these words of Lanahuimihaku and his companion Kakuhihewa called 

 out : "Say, King of Hawaii, let us make another wager for the rest of the island." 



