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this loin cloth and give it to your master, and the loin ch.th that is wet, you bring it 

 here, for you are privileged to wear his loin cloth and he yours.'"' 



Kuapakaa therefore took up the loin cloth and returned to Keawenuiaumi. When 

 he came to the king's presence he said: "Here is my loin cloth, you can use it and let 

 me take your wet one." Keawenuiaumi reached out for the loin cloth and looked at it, 

 and saw that it looked like his own. the kind he used to wear when Pakaa had charge. 

 At seeing this, Keawenuiaumi said: "Say, this loin cloth looks just like my own." Kua- 

 pakaa replied: "This is my own loin cloth, but you being the king. I give it to you." 

 Kuapakaa then took the wet one and returned to Pakaa, who said to him : "Hang up 

 your master's loin cloth over the door way, so that the people will not try to enter this 

 iiouse. You can enter it and can go out, because all the sacred things belonging to your 

 master are free to you. When the king's stewards come for food you can hand it to 

 them fn.m the inside of this house, while they stand outside." This was cunning of 



'akaa. 



When Kua])akaa looked and saw that Keawenuiaumi was sitting without any 

 covering, he took pity on him and so told Pakaa about it. When Pakaa heard this he 

 took out a kapa from the wind calabash, Laamaomao and handed it to Kuapakaa, say- 

 ing: "You take this and give it to your master. If he should say that it looks like his, 

 you tell him, that this is your own kapa made by your mother." The name given to 

 such kapas was "ouholowai of Laa."" They were very sweet, having been scented 

 with the fragrant shrubs and vines of Laa and Puna, called the olapa, the kupaoa, the 

 uiokihana, the apiipii and others. 



When Kuapakaa came to the presence of the king with the kapa and handed it to 

 Keawenuiaumi. Keawenuiaumi took it and spread it out. As he did this he caught the 

 sweet scent of the olapa. He then inquired of the boy: "Where did you get this 

 kapa?" The boy replied: "It belongs here in Molokai." Keawenuiaumi said : "There 

 are no kapas in other places like those of Hawaii ; and they are not common with other 

 chiefs. I am the only one who possesses such things. I believe this is my kapa. It must 

 be that Pakaa is here." "It was my mother that made this kapa for my own use. for 

 my mother is a chiefess of Molokai and kapas are scented on this island, and it has been 

 kept for my own use. The name given my kapa is wailau.'' That is the best and most 

 fragrant kapa in this place, like what you call the ouholowai of Laa; they smell the 

 same." This satisfied the king. 



That evening the chiefs came together with their men and as they were sittmg 

 quite close to the king, the king said: "If Pakaa was here, of an evening like this, he 

 would have my awa ready with two fresh hinalca.'' I would drink the awa and as its 

 effects come over me, I would feel like a newly made net, nice and snug, all night. 

 How I do miss Pakaa." 



When Kuapakaa heard this he returned to his father, Pakaa, and said: "My 



"A rather remarkable presumption. kapas and fragrant herbs, as "o (of) Laa," as shown 



'•This move of Pakaa's was to gain time by keep.ng ^^^^ ^1:^^^:::;^ -^^?^.^'^'" ^'' 



' 'i^ppeals to have been the ancient name of the ';'!;'"'«". « variety of kapa now unknown, 



localitv in Puna now known as Olaa, changed likely "Hmalca, a choice fish of the Cons family, 



through the reference to it on account of its famed 



