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When Kauakalii, the man who fonnd Pikoiakaalala sleeping on the sand, heard 

 of the contemplated trip to be made by Mainele to Hawaii, he went to Pikoiakaalala 

 and told him of what he had heard, saying: "Mainele is going to Hawaii to shoot birds 

 for Keawenuiaumi; the messengers have just arrived from Hawaii." Pikoiakaalala 

 answered: "If 3'ou wish me to go along you had better go iip and get some ie vines and 

 make a basket in the shape of a calabash for me to hide in, so that I may not be seen 

 by Mainele, and 3'ou can saj^ that it is a basket for the safe keeping of }'our god. This 

 will be the means of getting me to Hawaii." Kauakahi then followed out the instructions 

 given b}^ Pikoiakalala and had the basket made, and the trip with Mainele arranged. 



When Mainele's preparations were finally completed, he approached Kauakahi 

 and said: "Let us sail to Hawaii." Kauakahi replied: "All right, I am willing to go 

 to Hawaii with you providing you give me your consent to do what I want." "What 

 is it you want?" asked Mainele. "I have a basket where my god is kept. The canoe 

 in which this god is to be taken, as I want to take it along, must be tabued and no one 

 must be allowed to take passage in it outside of myself." This was satisfactory to 

 Mainele. On the day agreed on for the voyage to start for Hawaii, Mainele, his follow- 

 ers and paddlers boarded their double canoe, while Kuakahi and Pikoiakaalala, who 

 was in the basket, boarded their canoe, the basket in the after part and Kuakahi in the 

 fore part of the canoe. 



A few words of explanation relating to the basket. This was made with several 

 openings which allovved a free current of air and enabled Pikoiakaalala to sit therein. 

 After leaving Oahu to their rear, the canoes after a quick passage, were laid to off the 

 cliffs of Kaholo, at Lanai, on the afternoon of that same day. In the evening the breeze 

 from Kahalepalaoa which came directly from behind them sent their canoes fl3'ing along 

 at such a rate of speed that by dawn of the next morning they were able to make out 

 the waterfall of Kawaikapu on the steep cliffs of IMakaukiu, Kohala, Hawaii. At this 

 place is a sort of a bay surrounded by high cliffs which opens directly to the sea and 

 which was right ahead of the canoes as they were approaching land; the name of the 

 place is Kuukuiinaakaiole. Pikoiakaalala upon seeing where they were said to Kaua- 

 kahi: "Tell Mainele to shoot at the mouth of the rat which is dimly seen ahead of us." 

 When Mainele heard this he replied to Kauakahi: "That is not a rat, that is a cliff, 

 you are mistaken." 



Upon passing the cliffs the}' continued on their Avay to Hilo, at which place they 

 arrived the next day and landed at Kaipalaoa. Everybody upon landing proceeded to 

 the place where Keawenuiaumi was at that time residing with the exception of Kauakahi 

 and his basket. When Mainele saw that Kauakahi was left behind he asked him: 

 "Let us go on up?" Kauakahi replied: "I will not go on up unless the basket which 

 my god is in goes with me." When Mainele heard this, he requested of Keawenui- 

 aumi that men be furnished to carry the basket along up to the house, whereupon Ke- 

 awenuiaumi ordered four men to pack the basket to the house. Upon their arrival at 

 the house, Kauakahi spoke to Mainele: "I don't think it right for us to live in the same 

 house with our god; it is best that you ask Keawenuiaumi that a small hoiise be given 

 me where I can live with the god." Mainele therefore requested of Keawenuiaumi for 



