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TJie Ancient Hawaiian House. 



men with that newer civilization then knocking at the door. We know that in the 

 honses of the alii there were, even in remote days, man}' things he takes no notice of in 

 his brief stor}', and after his account we may turn to other sources of information. 



EXTRACTS FROM CHAPTER XXXIII OF MALO'S ANTIQUITIES. 



20. Oo ka ipu kekahi mea e pono ai maloko 

 olaila e hahao ai ka ai, ka ia o ko Hawaii nei 

 mau ipu kaliiko niai elua ipu he ipu laau, he 

 ipu pohue. 



21. O ka poe akamai i ke kalai ipu kalai 

 no lakou i ipu ma kekahi laau, aka, o ke kou 

 ka laau kalai nuiia i ipu, e kalaiia na pauku 

 laau mawaho, a hooliloia i umeke kekahi, a i 

 ipukai, a e pao maloko a hohonu a e hana pala- 

 nai kekahi i ka laau maluna o ka ipukai, a pau 

 ia haua ana. 



22. Alalia, e anai i ka puna maloko a ma- 

 waho, a pau ia, alaila anai hou i ke oahi, a pau 

 ia anai i ka ana, a pau ia, anai i ka oio, a pau 

 ia, anai i ka nanahu, a pau ia, o ka lauohe, a 

 pau ia, lohi aku ka lauhuhu me ke kapa, o ka 

 ipu iho la noia, e hana i poi a i koko, ma ka 

 umeke ka ai, ma ka ipukai ka ia. 



23. O ke pohue, he ipu ia i kanuia a hua 

 mai, nana no i hua mai ma ke ano umeke, a me 

 ke ano ipukai, a me ke ano huewai, he awaawa 

 maloko oia ipu, he awaawa ole kekahi ipu, e 

 wau ka pala maloko a pau, a kaulai maloo, anai 

 a pau o loko o ka ipu, iho la noia, e hana i poi, 

 i koko mawaho o ka ipu. 



24. E hoopala ka hue, a hahao i iliili ma- 

 loko, a lulu a pau ka pala, a ku i ka wai a 

 manalo, oia ka huewai. 



25 . Oka paakai kekahi mea e pono ai he mea 

 e ono ai ka ia a me ke koekoe o ka paina ana, 

 he mea hanaia ke paakai ma kekahi aina, aole 

 i hanaia ma kekahi aina o ke kai ma kai e kii 

 aku no ka wahine, a lawe mai ma ke poi, a he 

 kai hooholo ia mai kekahi ma kauwahi mai. 



26. E waiho kela kai ma kekahi poho paha, 

 he ekaha paha, he kaheka paha, alia malaila 

 lawe ho ma kauwahi e, o ka paakai iho la noia, 

 o ka papalaau ka mea kui poi. 



27. O ka wai kekahi mea e pono ai he mea 

 kii wale aku ka wai ma kahawai, he mea eliia 



20. The calabash was a good thing in which 

 to put food and fish in the old Hawaiian house, 

 and these were of two kinds, the wooden and 

 those formed from a gourd. 



21 . Those who were skilled in carving bowls 

 carved them from this and that wood, but kou 

 was most commonly used ; it was cut in blocks 

 and first shaped outside, an umeke this, an ipu- 

 kai that ; it was dug out deep within for the 

 former, shallow for the latter ; a cover was made 

 for the ipukai and the work was done. 



22. Then with coral was the inside and the 

 outside rubbed smooth ; this done the rubbing 

 was repeated with poli.shing stone and pumice; 

 then was used charcoal and bambu leaf, and 

 finall)- banana leaf and kapa. After this the 

 bowl is provided with a koko. The umeke is 

 for poi, the ipukai for meat. 



23. The ipu was the fruit of a vine that was 

 cultivated, and the fruit was worked in the 

 shape of an umeke, an ipukai or a huewai. 

 Bitter within were such gourds, others were not 

 bitter. The soft inside was scraped out and the 

 shell dried ; when dry it was rubbed inside, a 

 cover made and a koko. 



24. The water-gourd was rotted, then small 

 stones were put in and shaken until the soft mass 

 was removed, then water was left in it until it 

 was tasteless, and the huewai was done. 



25 . Salt was an article proper for the house; 

 it was vised for preserving fish, in cooking food, 

 and at meals. Salt was made not here and there 

 but in certain places where the women brought 

 sea-water in the covers of calabashes or led it in 

 ditches to shallow ponds. 



26. Such water was left in holes perhaps, 

 in shallow ponds perhaps, until it became strong 

 brine, then it was taken to crystallizing pans 

 where it became salt and was pounded on a 

 board like poi. 



27. Water was a necessary thing that was 

 brought from springs or streams, or dug for in 



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