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Halemano then began the study of the art of singing and chanting, taking Laa- 

 maikahiki as his teacher. After he conckided his education, the usual ceremonies, such 

 as the kilhng of the pig, was gone through and he was duly declared passed as an expert. 

 Shortly after this the fame of Halemano as a singer and a chanter was carried all 

 around Kohala. 



While Halemano was chanting one day, he looked up and saw the top of Halea- 

 kala in Maui as it appeared amongst the clouds, like a pointed cloud in the evening, as 

 the other clouds drifted above it. This made him think of the places where he and his 

 wife, Kamalalawalu, had traveled. He was then moved to chant the following lines : 



Kaupo, the land where one is pulled up, 



Pulled up like unto Kahikinui. 



I was once thought a good deal of, O my love ! 



My companion of the shady trees. 



For we two once lived on the food from the long speared grass-* 



of the wilderness. 

 Alas, O my love ! 



My love from the [land of the] Kaumuku wind, 

 As it comes gliding over the ocean. 

 As it covers the waves of Papawai, 

 For it was the canoe that brought us here. 

 Alas, O my love ! 



My love of the home where we were friendless, 

 Our only friend being our love for one another. 

 It is hooked and it bites to the very inside of the bones. 

 O my love, speak to me ! 



While Halemano was chanting, Kamalalawalu arrived and she looked in at Hale- 

 mano. When she saw him, she once more longed to return to him, for he looked very 

 handsome and his chanting was something fine. Halemano too was at this time court- 

 ing Kikekaala, the daughter of Nunulu. He was one of the high chiefs of the district 

 of Kohala, under Wahilani, who was the king of this portion of Kohala. 



A few days after this Kikekaala issued an order which was carried from one 

 end of Kohala to the other, inviting everybody to come to the game of kiln"-'' at Lole- 

 hale, the most famous place at the time for exhibitions of this kind. This place is sit- 

 uated on a hill looking to the west, close to Puuonale and Hokukekii. After everybody 

 had come, Halemano was then sent for. Upon his arrival, Kikekaala said to him: "I 

 will make a wager with you. If I beat you in the kilu throwing then you shall belong to 

 me. And if you should beat me, I shall belong to you." Halemano then said: "The 

 wager is satisfactory." 



As soon as the wager was settled Kikekaala began by throwing the kilu at the 

 mark ; but it missed and Halemano picked it up. As he looked and saw Kamalalawalu 



^'Lauoho not known as a vegetable, or article of food. a certain number or prize, striking which gave the win- 



=»The game of kih, was an evening entertainment in ner the right to choose any one of the opposite in the 



which the players, men and women equally divided, on assembly as his (or her) companion, or other prior 



two sides, throw an oblong cut gourd toward a goal for dehned wager. 



