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Lonoikamakahiki then asked: "What shall we do?" Kakuhihewa replied: "Let iis 

 have a canoe race. Let the double canoe that will reach dry land first be the winner, 

 and let that portion of the island of Oahu that is left be placed against yonr mooring 

 rock." Lonoikamakahiki replied: "It is a bet." After the bets had been made, Lono- 

 ikamakahiki said to Kakuhihewa: "You had better go on ahead." When Lauahuimi- 

 haku and his companion heard Lonoikamakahiki ask of Kakuhihewa to proceed on 

 ahead, they urged Kakuhihewa to order the rowers to go ahead. The order was there- 

 fore given and they started off. 



After Kakuhihewa and his companions had started Lonoikamakahiki ordered 

 his rowers to partake of some food. The men then took some food. By this time 

 Kakuhihewa and his companions were almost out of sight. When they finished their 

 meal Lonoikamakahiki ordered his rowers, Kaiehu and Kapahi, to row away. At the 

 order the men began to row, taking the Koolauloa way and b}' way of Kona and then 

 on in toward Waimaualo. After going for some time Kakuhihewa and his men laid to 

 and awaited for the approach of Lonoikamakahiki, thinking that when they came up 

 nearer they would then make land. 



While they were waiting, Lonoikamakahiki, on the other hand, was coming in- 

 side of the Waimanalo reef and was almost at Kailua. When Lonoikamakahiki and 

 his men were about to get to the landing place Kakuhihewa for the first time caught 

 sight of them, so he said to Lanahuimihaku and his companion: "I want you two to 

 look and see what double canoe that is that is entering the landing place." Lanahu- 

 imihaku and his companion then looked and said: "That canoe is Lonoikamakahiki's. 

 We are beaten." Kakuhihewa then said to Lanahuimihaku and his companion: "Where 

 did they come from?" Lanahuimihaku and his companion replied: "They must have 

 come by way of Koolau, then by way of Waianae and Kona." Kakuhihewa said: "I 

 thought you said that we were to win this race ; but here it is we are beaten. You two 

 are indeed strange. Here the whole of the island is gone, all through your advice, 

 which I have always obeyed. Now my kingdom is lost to Lonoikamakahiki." Lana- 

 huimihaku and his companion replied : "We were made bold to make a request for a 

 canoe race with the king of Hawaii because we saw we have sixteen rowers while the 

 king of Hawaii has but two." When Kakuhihewa lost this last wager he lost the 

 whole of the island of Oahu to Lonoikamakahiki. 



After this last wager Kakuhihewa wagered his daughter with the expectation 

 of winning back his lands. The game they plaj^ed, however, was the game of konane. 

 Kakuhihewa was an expert at the game ; in fact this was the one thing in which he 

 excelled in all the games he had made a study of, and knowing this Kakuhihewa chal- 

 lenged Lonoikamakahiki. This challenge Lonoikamakahiki accepted. Lonoikamaka- 

 hiki, on the other hand, was not an expert in the game of konane, for the only time he 

 played the game was when they were staying at Kalaupapa, where he played with 

 his cousin, his wife. 



After the bets had been made the stones were placed in position. Lonoikamaka. 

 hiki then said to Kakuhihewa: "You make the first move." Kakuhihewa therefore 

 made the first move, and Lonoikamakahiki followed with the next. Kakuhihewa made 



