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Aia la i ka uka o Pohakea, 

 I ke kuniu lehiia la o lalo iho. 



Ua ike o KahahK>puna i ka huakai e hcle ana 111a ke ahmui, nohiihi, kana oli ana, 

 a pan ke uli ana a Kahalaopuna, ku iho la ka huakai e hoolohe, i keia leo, he kanaka 

 paha, he niakani paha, he uwi laau paha. 



Ekia oH ana a Kahalaopuna, maopopo ia lakou, he uhane ua make, nolaila, hele 

 niai lakou a hiki ma Manoa. Oleic aku la i na makua, e like me ke oli a Kahalaopuna, 

 a lohe na makua, hele mai la. A hiki lakou i Pohakea, a ke kumu lehua i waiho ai o 

 Kahalaopuna, huai ae la, a hoi mai la i Manoa, hana ia iho la a ola, a like me manuia. 



Kui aku la ka lohe ia Kauhi ma Koolau, i ke ola o Kahalaopuna a hele mai la e 

 nana, e ike, e aloha, aole o Kahalaopuna maliu aku, pela ke ano o keia kaao ana. 



He Kaao no Uweuwelekehau. 



OKU ka makuakane, o llina ka makuahine o Uweuwelekehau, o Wailua i Kauai, 

 ka aina. O Olopana ka nuia, o Ku, kona muli, o Hina ko laua hope, he wahine 

 o Hina, noho lakou i Wailua he mau alii no Kauai. A mahope, huhu o Olopana 

 ia Ku, nolaila, hele o Ku a noho ma Piihonua i Hilo, Hawaii. Ma keia hele ana o Ku, ua 

 hahai ko laua pokii wahine o Hina, ia ia, no ke aloha, a haalele ia Olopana ma Kauai. 

 ]\loe iho la laua ma ke ano moejjio, a noho iho la he kane a he wahine, lilo ae la 

 laua he mau alii no Hilo, o ko laua wai auau o \^^aianuenue. Ma keia noho ana o laua, 

 loaa o Uweuwelekehau; a i kona wa i hanau ai, kui ka hekili, nei ke olai, olapa ka uwila, 

 kalie ka wai, hele ka ua koko me ka makani. 



Memoirs B. P. B. Museum, Vol. V. — 13. 



