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Pomander Collection of Haivaiian Folk-lore. 



Of Waialua, of Waimea, 

 30 Places endeared to the chief. 



Kupihea' has fled 



And is out on the ocean, 



The eye looking on Oahu. 



Like the entrance to a house 

 35 Is the ravine^ of Pohakea, 



Maunalahilahi standing beside. 



The sailing to Kanilio, 



Moving on, yes, moving on. 



Moving on to Waihee. 

 40 Landing at Kapahukukui 



[He] seized and hurled the weapons around. 



Turning, yes, turning. 



Turning the canoes seaward 



You land at Maeaea. 

 45 Kaweloiki of Aila gave 



The food of Kamananui, 



The food of Palaa. 



Your fame resounds in Nahuina, 



'Tis the fault of Kanealala, 

 50 The son of Kaio the elder. 



The pig for the king. 



The lord that craves for the goose. 



The uau^ screams, agitated, disturbed; 



The ao calls as the rod is poked iu;** 

 55 When pressed, yea, it shrinks. 



When the mice^ glance aside the owl is gone. 



The auku'" cries, the duck extends its neck. 



At Waikoloa in Keawewaihe 



[At the] niudstone the birds cluster 

 60 Within the depression. 



The ao, the ao, the agitated, the agitated, 



Going over the laud in flocks. 



They ate at the boundary of Kaakiko stream. 



The first drawing of Ewa's net 

 65 Entrapped the fish of Mokumoa; 



They are strewn on the grass. 



The kalo danced, danced noisily, 



' Term for vanquished chief. 



^A division between two localities. Pohakea, a rock 

 in the sea off Kualoa. 



^Uwau, a sea-gull of the petrel species ( Puffinus ciine- 

 a/us). 



'Refers to the method of dislodging the ao birds. 



* Bird-catchers likened to mice. 



''Aukuii {Ardea sacra), a. fish-hawk. 



''Ununu, a certain grass that abounded at Peleula. 



*Even the products of land and sea rejoice at Ku's 

 approach. 



The fish of Kavvelo danced, 

 The potatoes of Pahua danced, 

 70 The mahiki grass at Puukea danced. 

 The ununu' danced at Peleula, 

 Makaalio danred on the way.^ 

 Say, Ku, the rain conies by way of Kekaha, 



Ku, 

 Bringing food" for the fish of Maunalua; 

 75 The rain that supplies Kekuapololi, 

 Coming near to the hill of Kalalau 

 Koolau trembles. 

 O Ku, O Kalamahaaiakea,'" 

 To Kalama indeed that land belongs, 

 80 A permanent resident in Kailua. 

 Waimanalo commences to be jocular 

 While they oppose Kaneohe." 

 Yea, from Mahinui to Haakalo 

 Until Kuikealaikauaokalani'-' reigns, 

 85 At the back, in front, and all around. "^ 

 To Kahiki of Paumakua the chief, 

 To Kahiki in Keakeaau the chief. 

 By Wakea the chief, Kahiki is sheltered. 

 Peaceful is Kahiki. 

 90 In the rainy season of Maheleana, yea. 

 Mullet is plentiful at Kauai. 

 It reaches to Puna and outward 

 Even to Kau, to Hilo. 

 The land is seen to be peaceful 

 95 By a certain chief, offspring of the heaven, 

 By Keakaliilani of Waipa. 

 Lest you will be overtaken, Kipu, mischief- 

 maker of Palaau, 

 By the wild spy"* below at Kahana 

 For supporting a certain chief. 

 100 Say, chief, reign over your land. 

 From Kaiwi to Kekuapololi 

 To the water that quenches not. 

 The sea that marks the seasons, 

 The bambu that cuts the skin 



'The tribute to the god having been observed, there- 

 fore the hunger pangs — likened to a god, Kekiapololi — 

 were appeased. 



^° Kalamahaaiakea, Kalama that-dances-to-Kea. 



"The adjoining district is sought to kick out — peku — 

 the revelers. 



■=An epithet of Ku. 



"Refers to absorption of land. 



'"■A'/w ahiu, lit. "wild spy", is the name of a wind in 

 several parts of the island of Oahu. 



