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worthless." The retainers then said: "That is what the pahee spears are used for and 

 the reason why they are being kept by your father." 



Lonoikamakahiki again looked up and saw a round, flat stone and again asked: 

 "What is that thing?" The retainers replied: "It is called an olohu." ' Lonoika- 

 makahiki again asked: "What is it used for?" Then the retainers told him that it 

 was used in the same way and for the same purpose as the pahee spears. At this 

 Lonoikamakahiki replied : "Throw it away ; it is also worthless." 



Again Lonoikamakahiki looked, and when he saw the sugar-cane top, used as an 

 arrow, he asked of his retainers: "What is that?" The retainers replied: "It is an 

 arrow made from the sugar-cane top." Lonoikamakahiki again asked: "And what is 

 it used for?" The retainers replied : "It is also used in games. If two or three fellows 

 wish to play the game with the arrows "^ they go to the playground and see who could 

 glide his arrow on the ground the farthest. The one who can send it the farthest wins. 

 If articles of value have been placed as wagers the winner takes them. It is used in 

 the same way and for the same purpose as the pahee spears, and large wagers have 

 been lost and won on the game." Lonoikamakahiki then replied : "It, too, is worth- 

 less ; you had better break it up and throw it away." 



Again Lonoikamakahiki looked up, and when he saw a wooden club he asked: 

 "And what is that thing?" The retainers replied: "It is a wooden club."^ Lonoika- 

 makahiki again asked: "And what is its purpose?" The retainers replied: "It is an 

 implement of war and used to kill people with. If a battle is being fought with one 

 side opposing the other then the war club comes in use as an implement of war. 

 When this club is used in war it can kill as many as forty people, and sometimes it 

 will kill more people than that." Lonoikamakahiki then said: "That thing is also 

 without value. Its only use would be for a stick to turn over the stones in an umu."'' 



Again Lonoikamakahiki looked up and saw a bundle of war spears;^ he then 

 asked: "What are those things?" The retainers replied: "They are also used to kill 

 people with. In times of war when men are fighting each other these spears are used 

 at close quarters by thrusting, and at long range by throwing, at the enemy. These 

 spears in the hands of strong men can be thrown for some distance. If the person on 

 the other side is of great skill he could ward off one or more spears at a time, and in 

 that way avoid being hit." Lonoikamakahiki then said: "Yes, those things are of 

 some value ; but the person who can skilfully ward them off is of more importance. 

 These things of my father's are of some value; therefore, if my navel string is still in 

 your keeping, then tie it together with my father's bundle of war spears." 



'This was a stone disk for rolling along, or down, regularly prepared courses; a very popular game of olden time. 



^Another great gambling game. This favorite game of Hawaiians was, as here shown, a test of strength and skill 

 in gliding or skipping the arrow along the ground the greatest distance. While the bow was known among the people, 

 it had no use in these arrow contests. 



'The club was a war weapon which was much practiced with to attain proficiency in the various right-, or left-hand, 

 or other "strokes" therewith, termed the hauna — shortened from hau ana. There are marvelous tales told of the 

 skill of famous warriors in its use, as also of the enormous size and magic power of many noted implements. The 

 favorite club of a chief or warrior was named, and was thereafter identified with him. 



' Umit, or iniu; a ground oven of heated stones. 



^This was the general war weapon of the aliis and their immediate attendants, their body guard, with which much 

 practice was had to attain skill in its use as a weapon of offense and defense. Spears were not the general army weapon. 



