282 Fornander Collection of Haivaiian Folk-lore. 



tlie inside of the bouse as against j-our kahili, while I was offering you almost all my 

 possessions, which I had the chance of losing to you." 



After the wagers had been agreed on, the loin cloth and kapa of Lonoikamakahiki 

 were given up at last. Kakuhihewa then said: "You recite the chant first, for you 

 have claimed that the chant was one in honor of your name. After you have finished, 

 then we will recite oiirs." Lonoikamakahiki replied: "You people had better make 

 the first recital, since I have claimed that you have appropriated the chant belonging 

 to others and are claiming it your own. In this way we will ascertain positively 

 whether the chant is yours. After you have finished, then I will make my recital." 



Because of this argument advanced b}' Lonoikamakahiki, Kakuhihewa agreed 

 that they make the first recital of the chant taught them by Ohaikawiliula. Follow- 

 ing is the chant that caused the dispute: 



It is the mirage ' of Maua. 



It is as though following behind. 



The water is following, 



The water of Kamakahou is following; 



The water that is not water, 



The mirage of Maua. 



Like the sea is the water, 



Like the water is the sea. 



Like the sea is the water of Kamakahou. 



The sugar-cane trash from my eating was cast away. 



After I had gone beyond 



I failed to recognize. 



What was seen behind, again appears in front. 



The Iliau^ has wilted in the sun 



[As] the plentiful dew of the morning. 



Passed are the emblems of the god of the year,^ 



Gone to bury the dead 



[On] the barren sands of Nonohili. 



The coconut grove bends low seaward of Pokii, 



In reverence to [the god] Makalii. 



"There, that is the chant in honor of our name. Now it is your turn." Lono- 

 ikamakahiki replied: "The chant is not yours, it is mine." Kakuhihewa said : "We 

 will know it is your chant, without any doubt, after you have recited it." Lonoika- 

 makahiki then began the recital of the chant, first taking the chant in his own name 

 as taught him by Hauna, and at the end he added on the chant taught him by the 

 chiefess from Kauai. Following is the chant in full: 



^ Lin, generally accepted as mirage, and so here used, is probably a shortening of liu-a, to see indistinctly; other- 

 wise the definitions of the word fail to apply. 



' Iliau ( IVilkesia gy>nnoxiphium)\ a low plant, something of the silversword order, found on Kauai and elsewhere 

 ^ Aliaoiiiao, said to be the god of the year, of which there are doubts. Alia was the name of two sticks carried, 

 before the procession as emblems of the god; hence, perhaps, the idea that Omao was the god referred to. .Some ver- 

 sions of this chant give it as Aliaopea. 



