586 Fornander Collection of Hawaiiait Folk-lore. 



Puupa is bitterly cold for the want of a companion, 

 Where the hands are made warm on the way to Wailoa, 

 The hands are indeed made warm at Wailoa. 



"Sajr, young man, you will surely die this time for we have taken all the cold 

 places where the hands are likely to get cold. Yes, die you must." 



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The boy: How beautiful are the rows of hills, 



The rows of hills in the plain of Kahua, 



Where one rubs his freezing eyebrows. 



Where one sleeps doubled up in the cold of Puuhue. 



Puuhue is bitterly cold for the want of a companion, 



Where the hands are made warm on the way to Makiloa, 



The hands are indeed made warm at Makiloa. _ 



"Have I found other places where the hands are also made cold? I think I have." 



The men: Kauwiki, the mountain, the bat. 



Created long ago by Hina, Kauwiki. 

 The boy: Honuiki with its round head, carried away by the sea. 



Which has brought the kukala to my shores, 



The small turtle. 



In this they were again evenly matched and a draw was declared. The men 

 were unable to beat the boy, so Kalanialiiloa said: "Better stop the contest and let us 

 make friends with the boy; let us cook a pig and sue for peace." "No, perhaps that is 

 all he knows and does not know the other things. We will beat him 3'et, he shall not 

 escape." The men then said to the boy: "Let us carry on our contest on things per- 

 taining to Kona." The boy gave his consent to this." 



The men: The round fish of Kalapana 



That is eaten with the potatoes of Kaimu. 



The fish that is picked with a stick, 



That is rubbed against a stone, 



That is bitten with the teeth. 



That is held at the ends of the fingers; 



My rich fish the inamona (roasted kukui nut), 



The akimona.^ 



"Say, 3'oung man, die you will, for we have taken all the rich, round fish and 

 none is left. Die you will, you will not escape us, young man." 



The boy: The round fish of Kona is at Houokohau, 

 That is eaten with the potatoes of Kailua, 

 The fish that is picked with a stick, 

 That is rubbed against a stone. 

 That is bitten with the teeth. 

 My fish, my rich fish. 

 The rich (ina) sea egg. 



'The contest now centers upon a play upon words of " AkiDiotia, same as iiiaiiwmj, kukui nut jelly, a table 



similar sound but different meaning, the point of which delicacy, 



cannot well be conveyed in its translation. 



