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The Ancient Haivaiian House. 



ia i ke hoaia, kauia ke kuaiole maluna iho o ke 

 kaupaku. 



1 1 . Alaila, kau hilo ia ka hale a pan, alalia 

 hoahoia, a paa i ka alio, alaila akoia i pili paha, 

 he lai paha, he lau ko paha, aia no i ka mana o 

 ana pela, pela no e ako ai a paa. 



12. Alaila kaupaku a paa, pau ia hana ana, 

 alaila hana i puka, a pau ia, hana i pani, penei 

 ka hana ana, e auvvaha ka laau maluna a me ka 

 laau malalo a awaawaa waena, alaila hookonio 

 ke poo o na papa ma keia auwaha keia auwaha 

 o na laau moe aoao. 



13. Alaila, houhou i ka iwi kanaka ma keia 

 poo ma keia poo, ma ka auwaha, a ma kia i kui 

 laau, a humuhuiiiu mawaena i ke kaula a paa, 

 alaila, i mau laau i elua, mao o ka puka a maa- 

 nei o ka puka, e pili ana maloko o ka puka e ku 

 ana iluna a maloko o laila e hooholo ai ke pani, 

 a pau ia hana ana e hauaia ka pa laau a pau ia. 



14. Alaila, kiiia ke kahuna pule nana e 

 pule ka oki ana o na mauu maluna o ka puka o 

 ka hale (he kuwa ka inoa oia pule), a pau ka 

 pule ana, alaila komo ka mea nona ka hale a 

 noho ma kona hale me ka oluolu. 



15. He hana mau no ka pule ana o ke ka- 

 huna ma na hale o ka poe noho pono a pau a me 

 kona alii, a me ka poe hanohano, a me ka poe 

 koikoi, a me ka poe noho kuonoono a pau. 



16. Aka o ka poe lapuwale a pau, aole e 

 hana pela, e komo wale no ko lakou hale he 

 hale liilii ko lakou makemake, e waiho koke 

 mai no ke kapuahi ma kahi kokoke i ko lakou 

 poo, e waiho koke mai no na ipu ma ke poo; 

 hookahi no hale o lakou, pela no ko lakou 

 noho ana. 



17. Aka, he okoa ka noho ana o ka poe 

 hookuonoono, a me ka poe noho pono, a me ka 

 poe koikoi, a me ka poe hanohano, a me na'lii, 

 e hana no keia mea pono keia mea pono, i mau 

 hale no lakou iho me na wahine a lakou. 



18. E hana no i hale e moe pu ai me ka 

 wahine me na keike a e hana no i mau hale a 



and the kuaiole was made fast above the main 

 ridge-pole. 



11. Then the house was drawn tightly to- 

 gether with ropes and the aho tied on all over 

 the house: then the thatch was put on, grass 

 perhaps, ki leaf perhaps, sugar-cane leaf per- 

 haps, as the owner thought fit, and so the 

 thatching ended. 



12. Then was thatched the ridge-pole and 

 the doorway made; this done the door was taken 

 in hand and a rabbet made in the cross stick 

 above and the cross stick below, and a hole made 

 in the centre; then the ends of the boards were 

 fitted in these rabbets resting upon the trans- 

 verse pieces. 



13. Then were drilled, with human bone, 

 holes at both ends through the board and trans- 

 verse pieces, and wooden pegs driven in; cords 

 through the central holes bound the end strips 

 together; then two sticks were placed one on this 

 side, one on that, and between these and within 

 the doorway the door swung. This work com- 

 pleted, a wooden fence was built about the house. 



14. Then was called in the priest to make a 

 prayer at the cutting of the bunch of grass left 

 hanging over the doorway of the house (kuwa 

 was the name of that prayer), and when the 

 prayer was ended the owner of the house entered 

 and settled with comfort. 



15. This business of the prayer by the ka- 

 huna for the house was in use by the good 

 citizens, the chiefs, respectable men, people of 

 substance and those well-to-do. 



16. But the foolish people did not so, but 

 entered their houses without ceremony ; they 

 only wanted a small house in which to sleep with 

 the fire-place near their head, and a calabash 

 near at hand; only one house had such people, 

 and so they lived. 



17. But in a different way lived the well- 

 to-do folk, and the people who lived comfortably, 

 the men of property, respectable men and the 

 chiefs, each one built enough houses for him- 

 self and for his wives. 



18. He would build a sleeping house for 

 himself, his wife and children, and large houses 



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