550 Fornander Collection of Haivaiian Folk-lore. 



In this temple were two old men who acted as the guards of the place, being 

 placed there by Kn the king. When they saw the spirit come into the temple every 

 evening, with the voice of the child calling, they said to one another: "That must be 

 the boy the king threw into the sea." The old men after a time became deeply attached 

 to the spirit of the boy; so they kept it and being priests they worshipped it. This was 

 maintained for some days until the spirit assumed a real human form and was able to 

 ask for its clothing and for food; so they gave him all the things they had in their 

 possession. 



Shortly after this they went to Ku and told him what the boy had told them. 

 Ku then began to think and after a while told the old men: "Yes, it is true that I had 

 a son." The old men then asked Ku: "Did you not take one to wife and when you 

 parted from her, left with her certain things?" "Yes, I did take one Kaunoa to wife 

 and I left with her certain things; a loin cloth and a spear." "Then the boy you killed 

 must have been yovir own son." "Yes," said Ku, "it must have been my own son." 

 Ku then inquired of the old men: "How am I to get my son?" The old men said: 

 "Get a net, surround the house with three thicknesses and on the outside of that place 

 a very fine net." Late that evening the spirit of the boy returned to the temple as 

 usual and fell asleep. While the spirit of the boy was sleeping the house was sur- 

 rounded by three thicknesses of net. On the approach of day the spirit woke up and 

 started to return to the sea. As it came out it saw that the house was surrounded by 

 nets. The spirit then began to tear the nets. Daylight, however, found him entangled 

 within the fine net. When the spirit was finally caught it had the form of a rat. It 

 was then worked over until it almost assumed its human form again. A few days after 

 this the daughter of Ku, Ihiawaawa ' by name, came to call on the boy, her half-brother. 



Ihiawaawa was at this time being courted by three j^oung men: Hala, Kumu- 

 nuiaiake and Aholenuimakaukai. After Kalanimanuia had again come back to life he 

 asked her one day: "Which sweetheart is it that you go surf-riding with all day?" 

 "It is Hala." "Yes, Hala is a good enough fellow, but he has pimples on his back 

 which make him ugly." Ihiawaawa replied: "You are the handsome fellow having 

 short thin hair. Kumunuiaiake is another sweetheart of mine." "Yes, he is passable, 

 but the fault with him is, he has only two hairs; pull them out and he will have none 

 left which will make him look very ugly indeed." "Aholenuimakaukai is another 

 sweetheart of mine." "Yes, he will appear to be very nice in the morning and in the 

 evening he does nothing but catch flies. He is not a fit husband for you; he is ugly. 

 Your beauty would indeed be thrown away on those ugly fellows." 



All these things said by Kalanimanuia relating to the three young men were 

 carried to them which caused them to announce that they would make a public exhibi- 

 tion of themselves, together with Kalanimanuia. The three then arrayed themselves 

 in their best kapas scented" with all the fragrant things and went forth to be viewed 

 by the public. When the people saw them they gave a mighty shout. 



On the night before the public exhibition, Kalanimanuia upon retiring with his 

 attendant in their own house, heard a rattle within the house, so he called out: "Strik- 



^ Ihiawaawa, bitter spear. to constitute the well-dressed man, but the fragrance 



= Not only the superior kinds or quality of kapa went helped its recognition materially. 



