I20 Fornaudcr Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



From one end to the other, 



To the very breadfruit trees of Kailua 



That stand unmolested by the winds of Kau. 



Arise, Kau ! 



Kau the large windy land. 



Land where the current draws to Alae, 



Where the canoes sail here and there, 



To Kailikii, to Kaulana, 



Sailing singly, sailing in pairs. 



Sailing by threes, sailing by fours. 



Sailing by fives, sailing by sixes. 



Sailing by sevens, sailing by eights, 



Sailing by nines, sailing by tens. 



They all sail, the small canoes, 



The canoes of the cliiefs must sail. 



After this call of the boy, the chiefs and the men arose about midnight, boarded 

 their canoes and set sail, and when out at sea they hove to and awaited for the canoe of 

 Keawenuiaumi, which was to come later; for the king had given them his order to go 

 to sea and await his coming. In waiting for the king, the chiefs allowed their canoes to 

 drift away; and in drifting they all fell asleep. The men who were anxiotis to get 

 back home then headed the canoes for Kawaihae in Kohala, Hawaii ; at daylight the 

 next day, the chiefs awoke and when they looked about them they saw that the land 

 in sight was Hawaii. Instead of getting angry, they felt happy, for they knew that 

 they were about to see their wives and children; they, however, felt some regrets, for 

 they loved their king, Keawenuiaumi. 



At daylight, a man came to Kuapakaa from the king with the request that he go 

 to the king. When Kuapakaa came before Keawenuiaumi the king said : "I have sent 

 for you to ask you that yoti accompany me to Kaula and back." Kuapakaa replied: "I 

 cannot go with you, for I would be leaving my old man by himself and he is very 

 weak." But since the king kept on urging him, Kuapakaa agreed to accompany the 

 king. This by the way was the wish of Kuapakaa. In giving his consent, Kuapakaa 

 made his going conditional, saying: "I am williiig to go with you, if you will take my 

 things along. If you allow this, I will accompany you; but if you will not allow my 

 things to go along, I will not go with with you." The king gave his consent,^" saying: 

 "I am willing that you go with your things." Keawenuiaumi then told the men to take 

 the things belonging to the boy and place them on the canoe, believing that this would 

 allow the boy to accompany him. 



When the men came to the place where the boy's things were, they looked and 

 saw a large log of wood as long as the double canoe of the king. When the men saw 

 this log they expressed their doubts as to its being able to be carried by the double canoe 

 for they feared that it would be too much of a load. The men, however, took it u]i with 

 some difficulty and placed it on the canoe, which set the canoe deep in the water. The 

 boy then jiointed to another thing, a rock, with a groove cut around it; thus making two 

 things the boy wished placed in the canoe. 



■'Usually tlie king commands ; his wish is law ; but here is a decided departure from custom. 



