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that Kaniapuaa made his stand and looked down into the pit, where he saw the Hiiakas. 

 They were Hiiaka, Hiiakaikapuaaneane and Hiiakaikapoliopele, the sisters of Pele, sit- 

 ting there below on the floor of the pit of Kilauea stringing leis. When Kamapuaa saw 

 them, he chanted these words : 



On the heights of Puuonioni 



The company of women sat, 



On the heights of Wahinekapu 



On the peak of Kilauea. 



Where sat Papalauahi, 



For Pele throws her flames in Puna. 



For the lowlands at Malama are covered with sands, 



Keeping watch over them. Aloha. 



When Kamapuaa was thus chanting Pele heard it all, but she pretended other- 

 wise. She then rolled herself in a cloak made of mats and laid down by the edge of the 

 fire. She knew all the time that it was Kamapuaa that was chanting up there on Akani- 

 kolea. Kamapuaa after a pause chanted again: 



It is from Puna that I have come 



And I have seen the women gathering^" noni, 



Scratching nonij 



Pounding noni, 



Marking with noni,*' 



Kapunaiki the long man, 



It was a long way for him to travel. 



He was lame, 



He was stiff. 



Arise. My greetings to you. 



Pele then made answer from the bottom of Halemaumau: "I would get up if you 

 were a man; but being a hog I will not get up." The reason why Pele made this reply 

 was because Kamapuaa had teased her as the woman who \vas pounding noni. The real 

 meaning being that Pele had red eyes. This was the real meaning of the chant of Ka- 

 mapuaa. 



After this chant Kamapuaa asked of his gods : "Say, didn't she recognize me, for 

 she said that I was a hog?" The gods replied : "Chant again." Kamapuaa then chanted : 



By Makalii'" the leaves of Puna were made bitter. 



The waters went by above Kapapala. 



The heavy rains fell at Hilo, 



In Hilo and Puna the rains fell. 



O Pele, let us make our abode there, 



And string the lehua at Hopoe.*^ 



"While digging would be a correct rendition for kohi, as a dye-plant, and possessing also certain medicinal 



it does not apply to a fruit that is gathered from the properties, 



branches of the tree, not dug from the ground. "Makalii, in this case the winter season, causing rank 



♦•Noni (Morinda citH folia), an insipid fruit that was growth of all plants, 



used only in times of great scarcity of food ; cultivated "Hopoe was said to be a woman that was turned into 



stone by Pele in a fit of jealous anger. 



