490 Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



When Keahaikiaboleha arrived at Waimea he became the king of the whole of 

 Kauai as his wife was its high chiefess. It was his custom to go out fishing every day. 

 This mother-of-pearl fish-hook, Pahuhu, was a great hook; everj? time it was let down 

 into the sea and pulled up the aku would follow it into the canoe until the canoe was 

 filled with them. The canoe in which he used to go fishing was a double canoe ten 

 fathoms in length, and was manned by twenty paddlers who were its complement to 

 steady the canoe while he fished for aku. 



At the death of Keahaikiaholeha, his body was brought back to Kuukuua, Wai- 

 anae, where it was placed in a tomb." The parents then proceeded to worship the spirit, 

 as was the custom in those days of Hawaii, until it became so strong that it could go 

 about in the form of a live person. After the spirit of Keahaikiaholeha had waxed 

 strong, it returned to Waimea, Kauai, and again took his former wife and lived with 

 her as her husband. The wife was not aware that this was her husband's spirit, fully 

 believing that it was her husband in real flesh. It was while in this spirit form, that 

 he was named Nihooleki. All he did during the day time was to sleep, not even 

 taking food; the wife being the only one that took food. When the wife got hungry 

 she would go to her brothers for food and meat. On one of her calls for food and meat 

 the brothers asked her: "Where is your husband?" The sister replied: "He is at home 

 asleep." "You have a queer hiisband. All he does is to sleep at home. How is he to 

 satisfy his wife's hunger? Except we help you, you will not be able to live." While 

 this conversation was going on between them, the husband heard all that was being 

 said and when the wife arrived home Nihooleki asked his wife: "Have your brothers 

 any mother-of-pearl fish-hooks?" "They have some." "Go and bring one." When 

 the sister arrived at her brothers' they asked her: "What have you come for?" "I have 

 come for a mother-of-pearl fish-hook for your brother-in-law." "That is right, that will 

 get 3'ou something to live on. Here is a hook for the use of which we will charge ten 

 aku. Here is another one for twenty aku," etc. The wife took one of the hooks and 

 returned. When she entered the house and approached where her husband was sleep- 

 ing she called out: 



Wake up Nihooleki, 



Wake up Nihooleki, 



The night comes and goes, 



The day comes and goes; 



The fishermen have sleepless eyes. 



Wake up, here is our mother-of-pearl fish-hook. 



The husband asked: "What kind of a mother-of-pearl fish-hook is it?" "It is one 

 resembling the glitter of a white shark," answered his wife. "It is the one the fish will 



not bite at." 



It will catch but two aku. 



One for the male spirit. 



One for the female spirit. 



The arms of the paddlers would become uselessly lame. 



Where is the small pahuhu. 



The one partly eaten by Kane? 



'See footnote i, page 484. 



