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ing and knocking, wlio is that?" "I am Puakuakua, the soles of the feet of Kalani- 

 mannia." "I am Moi, the knees." "I am Lohelua, the two thighs." "I am Limuhuna, 

 the hair." "I am Mohoea, the e3'es." At this the beauty and fine appearance of Ka- 

 lanimanuia returned to him, at which the woods, and house rejoiced, as also the ants, 

 the roaches and creeping things, and when his attendant saw this he shouted of his 

 beaut}' and jumped up and down with joy. 



At da^'light of the day when the public exhibition of all the sweethearts of his 

 sister was to take place, Kalanimanuia came out on the palm of his attendant's hand; 

 the woods rejoiced, the winds, the earth, the rocks; rainbows appeared; colored rain- 

 clouds moved, dry thunder pealed, lightnings flashed.' When he reached the assembly 

 where the chiefs and the people were gathered the three young men ran off ashamed. 



The sign of being the most handsome fellow was a suspended cord: if the cord 

 fell to the ground of its own accord, then it was a sign that the person was the most 

 handsome man. When Kalanimanuia approached the suspended cord, called Ahaula, 

 it fell down withoiit being touched. The other three were never able to do this. 

 At this his father recognized him and everybody was permitted to come and see him. 

 He was then made the king of Waianae. 



Legend of Kawaunuiaola. 



THERE once lived in Kula, Maui, a woman by the name of Kawaunuiaola and 

 her husband Hoeu. After they had lived together as husband and wife for some 

 time, Hoeu left her and took unto himself another wife. Because of this, Kawau- 

 nuiaola became so overcome with sorrow, being greatly attached to Hoeu her husband, 

 that she decided to resort to strategy in order to make him come back to her. After her 

 husband had deserted her, she lived at their home all by herself. She then placed a 

 kapu around her home, allowing no one to come to it and keeping herself entirely within 

 doors: she thus lived in lonely seclusion. 



At meal time she petitioned Hoeu her husband, as her god, in the following words: 



Here is the food Hoeu, 



Here is the fish, 



Here is the water, 



Accept them all, they are free from restrictions. 



Then Kawaunuiaola would cunningly say: 



May I eat? You may. 



Which food shall it be? 



Say, Laalaawale, 



Which food shall it be? 



Shall it be your poi? 



Proceed and partake of the food. 



' Even Nature is made to recognize beauty and rejoices at triumph over wrong. 



