492 Pomander Collection of Hazvaiian Folk-lore. 



Hanging there at the gable end 



Being watched hy a noio.' 



The current is flowing towards Makaena 



Where swarm the aku, 



Where the giving would be a pleasure, 



When the worthless could have a share, 



When the hungry up at Waiahulu could also have a share. 



At this the wife again returned to the brothers. "What is it you want?" [they 

 asked]. "My husband says the fish-hook is no good; it will catch but two aku and one 

 cannot at that rate give any away willingl}'," replied the sister. The brothers again 

 asked: "Where is the fish-hook that would induce the fish to bite more freely?" "My 

 husband said that it is the one hanging up at the gable end of the house being watched 

 by the noio." When they made a search sure enough they found a mother-of-pearl 

 fish-hook that was being watched by the small black bird; it was Pahuhu. The noio 

 was the supernatural bird sister of Nihooleki. 



Upon the arrival of the wife at their house, the husband was still asleep. She then 

 called: "Here is the mother-of-pearl fish-hook." "It is a Pahuhu," Nihooleki answered. 



That is the mother-of-pearl fish-hook that the fish want, 



You can then point with the hand, 



You can give with pleasure. 



The worthless can share, 



The hungry can also have a share 



Up at Waiahulu. 



The wife then threw the fish-hook in the hand of her husband. He then rose, 

 kissed it and wept over it. The reason why he wept was, becaitse of his death he was 

 thus kept away from his one great pleasure, fishing. 



After the fish-hook was secured, Nihooleki said to his wife: "Go and get a canoe 

 from your brothers. Not the one of five fathoms in length, nor the single canoe, but get 

 me the double one that is ten fathoms in length. After you have secured the canoe, ask 

 for twenty paddlers." When the wife arrived in the presence of her brothers, they 

 asked her: "Here you are again, what do you want?" She replied: "I want a canoe." 

 "Yes, you shall have one, take the one that is five fathoms in length." "That is not 

 the one he wants. He wants a double canoe that is ten fathoms in length." "That 

 cannot be. There is no double canoe of that size, nor would he be able to make use 

 of it." The sister replied: "He said there is such a canoe. It is in the canoe shed." 

 When a search was made they found one. 



When the canoe was secured the twenty paddlers jumped aboard and took it to 

 Nihooleki. When Nihooleki saw the canoe he knew at once it was the same one that 

 was owned by him when he was alive. He then asked his wife: "Are you a favorite 

 with your brothers?" "Yes." "Go and tell them that I want twenty men to steady 

 the canoe with." 



^ Noio, a small black bird {Microanoiis hawaiiensis). 



