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come true. When the boy said this was a stormy day, you all contradicted him, saying 

 this was a pleasant day; but here we are nigh unto death. I questioned you several 

 times about the matter, to make sure that you were right; but you all denied it." 



CHAPTER III. 



The Swamping of the Canoes. — They Return and Land on Molokai. — The 

 King Is Given Dry Kapa and Malo, as Also Awa and Food. — Delayed by the 

 Storm^ the Party Is Provided With Food. — After Four Months. They Pre- 

 pare TO Embark. 



The double canoe of Keawenuiaumi was swamped as well as all the others, not 

 one was saved. The people suffered a terrible cold and many of their things were lost; 

 the food, the fish and meat, their apparel and everything else. At this, the king wept 

 in his agony and suffered severely from cold, he then said: "This is the very reason 

 why I am in search of my servant Pakaa, because you are not equal to the occasion; 

 you are without knowledge and do not know how to tell the future. My buttocks were 

 never wet when Pakaa was my sailing master; but since I have taken you, they have 

 become wet." 



When Pakaa saw that the wind and the storm was in its fury, he said to the boy: 

 "Cover up the wind calabash, for your master may perish, as he is indeed cold." 

 ■ Kuapakaa then placed the cover on the calabash, Laamaomao, and the calm came imme- 

 diately and the canoes of the king were saved. 



After the canoes had been righted, the king gave his orders to all the canoes, 

 saying: "Let us return, perchance the boy's canoe is still floating where we left it. 

 Should he invite us to land we must obey." 



After giving his orders the several canoes turned about and all returned, without 

 maintaining their order, for each was anxious to get to the place where Kuapakaa was 

 floating. In this return, the canoe of Keawenuiaumi being the swiftest, was the first 

 to arrive at the place where Kuapakaa was waiting, while the others were strung out 

 behind. 



When Kuapakaa saw the king's canoe, he said to Pakaa: "Here comes the double 

 canoe of my master, Keawenuiaumi." Pakaa said to the boy: "When your master ar- 

 rives and should show a willingness to land, say to him that you wish to go in ahead a 

 little ways and wait for him, for the passage way is crooked." By this Pakaa was 

 anxious to keep the canoe of Keawenuiaumi behind them, for his men being stronger, 

 they would be able to get to the landing first and in that way Pakaa would be recog- 

 nized, so Pakaa thought out a way to get out of the difiiculty, and made believe that the 

 way in was crooked. As the canoe of Keawenuiaumi was drawing near, Kuapakaa 

 again chanted, saying: 



Gently! Gently! 



Comes the wind, the rain ; the isle is in darkness, 



The master is on the edge of disaster. 



