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over since you have come back." Aiai then said to his wife: "Go back again to your 

 father and ask him for a canoe; not one of five or eight fathoms in length, but get one 

 that is ten fathoms in length; that is the size of the canoe that I want from your father." 

 When Kauaelemimo arrived in the presence of her father, she asked for the canoe de- 

 scribed by her husband. When the canoe ten fathoms in length was brought the father 

 asked the daughter: "Who will be able to paddle this canoe?" "My husband will." 

 When Aiai heard the answer made by his wife, he took the canoe and set out with the 

 bird, Kamanuwai, taking the pearl fish-hook, Kahuoi, along. When he arrived off of 

 Mamala he took out the hook and began fishing. The aku began to come and jump 

 into the canoe of their own accord until it was loaded down deep. The bird then eat 

 some of the fish and was again restored to its former self. When Aiai came home his 

 double canoe was loaded down deep with aku. Upon arriving in the presence of his 

 wife he gave her all the fish, but the pearl fish-hook was taken by the bird, Kamanu- 

 wai, its guardian. This is the legend of Aiai. 



Legend of Pupualenalena. 



PUPUALENALENA was a dog that once lived in Puako, Hawaii, with its own 

 master. After a while his master was kidnapped by Kanikaa, a spirit, so the dog 

 went and lived with another master. It was the usual thing for the new master to 

 go out fishing, so he took the dog with him, making it sit behind him in the canoe. 

 Every time a fish was caught the dog would eat it up, and as the dog kept on doing 

 this for some time, the master said: "Yes, I have no objections to your eating the fish, 

 if you can only suppl}' me with niy favorite drink, the awa, then it would be all right 

 for you to eat the fish." 



While the master was saying this, the dog Pupualenalena understood him. In the 

 evening the dog disappeared. This absence was because it went to steal awa down in 

 the valley of Waipio. At this time Hakau the king was living at Waipio. He owned 

 a large field of awa, just at the foot of the Puaahuku cliff. This was the field where 

 Pupualenalena came and got awa. At daybreak he would reach home with his awa, 

 when his master would take it, cut it up and prepare some and drink it. The master 

 after this had all the awa he wanted and the dog kept him supplied for many days. The 

 dog, however, went to the place so often that after a while very little of the field was' 

 left; so Hakau began to be suspicious and therefore set guards over the field. While 

 the guards were watching one night, the dog came to the field and began pulling up 

 the awa; when he had a sufficient amount for a load it took up the load and returned 

 home. The guards then were sure that a dog was pulling the king's awa, so they 

 followed it. The dog being much faster than the guards it got away; but one fellow 

 who was a good runner kept up the chase until Pupualenalena was finally tracked to 

 Puako. When the guard saw the dog's master he was covered with scales from the 

 constant use of awa. The guard then approached him and asked: "Say, is this your 

 dog?" The master replied: "Yes." The guard then said: "You two have sinned 



