1/4 Foniandcr Collection of Haivaiian Folk-lore. 



As he poked into it 



I tore it off into strips like a pandanus leaf. 



The sound traveled to heaven like thunder, 



It shook the earth like an earthquake, 



It flew and hit a wave 



Like a flying-fish in its flight. 



I was thus seen by Kainanuild, 



luitiny in full disregard of llic kapu like Keakahiwa. 



Beware there, within, fur it is Kulcpe, 



The man without fear. 



The one like unto Puhali in strength. 



By my name alone those in the uplands are fearful. 



At the end of this begging" chant" by Kulepe, those within invited him to enter; 

 so he went in and took some food. The fellow, however, had never lived with Peleio- 

 holani, neither was he a soldier. He had not even lived anywhere near the king; but 

 through his great cunning he pretended that he had so as to get something to eat. He 

 was indeed artful. Very few people in these islands can compare with him. 



'Olclo I'ahapahii, the term for this chant is used here in more than the usual sense of boastful speech, for under 

 such a color is the cunning plea for food. 



