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images and began eating them. "Oh, how tough!" was heard from one of the spirits. 

 "So is the one I am eating," said another. It was customary in days gone by for the 

 king to receive the choicest portions of the meat, so these portions were given to Halalii 

 b}- the spirits. Upon taking a bite at one of these choice portions, Halalii remarked: 

 "Very tough." The rest of the spirits answered: "All these people are very tough, not 

 one of them is fat, they are all thin and tough. They are not at all like the first lot 

 that came." 



While the spirits were bus^y eating the wooden images, the Kauai people sur- 

 rounded the house and set it on fire, killing all the spirits with the exception of Hana- 

 aumoe who some how managed to escape. 



Legend of Eleio. 



1ELE, otherwise known as Lahaina, in Maui, is the country in which the events of 

 this legend took place and the time was during the reign of Kakaalaneo who was 

 ^"'king of the whole island of Maui. Eleio was a very fast runner, faster than the 

 wind, and could make three complete circuits of the island of Maui in one day. Because 

 of his great speed, he was made runner to King Kakaalaneo. It was his duty as runner 

 to bring (awa') fish from Hana for the king. When a meal was about ready, Eleio 

 would set out for Hana to bring fish and he would always return before the king sat 

 down to eat. Once while he was on his way back, he met on the road Kaahualii," a 

 spirit, who asked him for some fish. Eleio answered: "Take the hairs on your behind for 

 the fish and your urine for water." When Kaahualii heard this, he chased Eleio. Upon 

 coming by Kamaalaea, Eleio's sister who was residing at this place saw that her brother 

 was out of breath, so she took down her pau and exposed herself to the spirit.' This 

 action so shamed the spirit that it abandoned Eleio. The name of this sister of Eleio 

 was Pohakuloa. Being chased by this spirit on three different occasions along this same 

 road, Eleio upon his next return trip went around the west side of Hana by way of 

 Kaupo. Upon his arrival at Kaupo one day he found a woman bj^ the name of Kani- 

 kaniaula sitting by the roadside, but he passed right along without noticing her. Kani- 

 kaniaula at this want of respect on the part of Eleio called out after him: "Say, are 3'ou 

 going to pass right along without greetings?" When Eleio heard this call he turned 

 back and greeted her. Kanikaniaula then invited him to the house which invitation 

 was accepted by Eleio. 



Let us here take up a short sketch of Kanikaniaula. 



Kanikaniaula at the time when this conversation was taking place was dead. 

 Although she appeared in the form of a live person it was really in spirit. Kanikani- 

 aula was a very fine woman and came from a line of high chiefs of Hawaii. She, how- 

 ever, upon coming to live in Kaupo, Maui, married a person of low rank who lived in 



'. /c<'(7, the milk-fisli iCIianos c/ianos). 'A novel method of averting the chase, drawing the 



- k'aaliualii, the royal cloak. scent across the trail, tocnable the brothertogain breath. 



