84 Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



Our chief of Hilo, Kulukulua, is not a chief [by birth] ; 



He is a snarer of the slirimps of Waiakea; 



After the snaring, 



He places the outside covering of the coconut on his ears. 



This is the fauU of the land ; 



But since he became possessed of Hilo, 



He is called a chief. 



This angered Kulukulua and he sailed off. 



The sixth was the canoe of Wantia. Upon its ai)i)riiacli the boy asked of Pakaa 

 as to its owner, and Pakaa rephed: "It is Wanua, the chief of Haniakua." 



Our chief of Haniakua, Wanua. 



He is not a chief by birth ; 



He is a snarer of the eels of Hamakua. 



The fingers with the bait are placed on the rocks, 



The small eels would then crawl between the fingers 



And the eels placctl in the calabash. 



But since he became jMssesscd of llamakua 



He is called a chief. 



He is not a chief. 



This chief also became angry and sailed off. 



These chiefs all went on, and all angry with the boy, because he had told them 

 that they were not chiefs by birth, an<l also for telling the faults relating to their respec- 

 tive districts. 



(We will now take up the facts relating to the canoe of Keawenuiaumi, afore- 

 mentioned, which the narrator said should be inserted later, and was therefore out of 

 place; care, however, should be taken in its perusal by which it may be plainly seen 

 that the six canoes bearing the district chiefs were the first to meet the canoe of Kua- 

 pakaa.) 



It was Lapakahoe,'" the younger brother of Pakaa, that replied to the question, 

 that it was the canoe of Keawenuiaumi. At this reply Kuapakaa chanted as follows:" 



When the canoe is pushed ahead, 



The cause of the storm is come. 



Like a slanting clifif, dark and black 



Is the top of the Aluli mountain, because of the storm. 



Like black raiment that is worn 



Ls the face of the cliffs of Kawaikapu. 



Running as though seeking every crevice 



Is the water that comes. 



The mountains appear to be filled, 



The sound is heard in the heaven. 



The voice is echoed back. 



The voice of the weeping sea, 



'"Pakaa had taken his brother's name for his paddle of "The first chant may be likened to a greeting, while 



authority, one meaning of which is, "paddle alacrity." the second is clearly that of a warning. 



