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bring him here." They then proceeded from Paliiili and went down to Keaaii, where 

 their sister Hina was living. 



Before these two went to Paliuli, however, Hina showed signs of being with child. 

 Upon their retiirn she was almost ready to be confined. After greetings were exchanged 

 and their weeping ended, Hina rose and went out to relieve herself. As Hina rose to 

 go out, Kiinoho requested Kiihele to go out, saying: "Go out and get the child." Kiihele 

 asked: "Where is it?" "At the place where Hina is sitting." When Kiihele came to 

 the place he saw an egg lying on the ground. He took it iip and wrapped it in a feather 

 cape; and they returned to Paliuli, where Kiinoho exercised all his powers and at the 

 expiration of ten days and nights ' he unwrapped the feather cape and saw the egg had 

 formed into a beautiful child; after inspecting it thej' concluded there was none like 

 him. The child was again wrapped up in the feather cape and left for a period of forty 

 nights before thej- again looked at it. When they did the}^ saw that the child had grown 

 more beautiful; no pimples, no deformities, straight back, open face;" its skin and eyes 

 were as red as the feather cape which enwrapped him. Thus did Kepakailiula become 

 the fire that lighted up Paliuli by day and by night, whose only equal was Pele of 

 Kilauea. Pele gave light from the crater of Kilauea, while Kepakailiula gave light 

 from Paliuli, giving Puna and Hilo two red objects to view bj' day and b}^ night. 

 Kepakailiula was therefore called "The first-born of the beloved one^ of Paliuli." 

 Kepakailiula would not touch either ordinary food or meat; all he eat was bananas, 

 one bunch for each meal. 



As Kiinoho and Kiihele were one day looking at the child thej- saw that he had 

 now come to that age when the company of a woman would be acceptable, one of them 

 then said: "You are indeed good to look upon, but there is one thing lacking, 3'ou have 

 no wife." Kiinoho then said to Kiihele: "You must go in search of a wife for our 

 son." "■ Kiihele consented to this and .started off going by way of Hilo until he came 

 to a woman by the name of Kukuilauania. He looked her over and admired her beauty; 

 yes, she was indeed good looking, but she had one fault, her ej-es bulged out like the 

 nut of the kukui. He therefore gave iip Kukuilauania and continued his search, pass- 

 ing from Hilo into Hamakua. Failing to find one to his liking, he passed on into 

 Kohala where he was still unable to find a woman. After looking over the dark rocks 

 of Kaniku he decided to return. Upon his arrival at Paliuli, Kiinoho asked him : "How 

 was j'our journe}'?" Kiihele replied: "I have found no wife." On this same da}-, he 

 I again left Paliuli and| continued his search into Puna, until he met a woman b}- the 

 name of Kahala. She was very beautiful, except that her posterior resembled the pan- 

 danus fruit of the present day, so he passed on into Kan where he found Manienie. 

 She too was very beautiful, but her lips were deformed so he discarded her and continued 

 his search. Kiihele left Kan and passed into Kona where he found Makolea, a woman 

 who was as faultless' as the full moon. Kahaluu was her father and Keauhou was 

 her mother. Makolea, however, had been pledged to marry Kakaalaneo the king of 

 Maui, for Makolea was a princess, her parents being the king and queen of Kona. 



'An aiiahiilu is a ten day period. This terra is never ^ Hhcahiwa, beloved one, here refers to Hina. 



applied to any other counting. * Kciki a kaua, our son, from adoption, or rearing as 



'This phrase indicates the Hawaiian ideal of physical foster parents, though nephews in fact, 



perfection, and is frequently met with. s,\s note 2. 



