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plied: "No." The shark then opened its mouth and Kaulu stepped in and held the jaws 

 open. He then called those in the belly of the shark to come out, and Kaholeha came 

 forth; his hair was all gone, but he was still alive. Shortly after this Kaulu and his 

 brother returned home. 



HOW THE SEA WAS RESTORED. 



When they were ready to come away, Kaulu said to his brother: "You go on 

 ahead, I will follow behind." Kaulu then urinated and the sea was restored to its former 

 condition. But it was salty and has smelled bad to this day; it was not so before. 



RELATING TO HAUMEA. 



Kaulu and his brother then returned from Kuaihelani and stopped at Moanalua,^^ 

 where Kaholeha remained, while Kaulu went off to Niuhelewai''' to see the place. Niuhe- 

 lewai is a place at Kapalama, where Haumea lived. 



Haumea" was a o;host [or akua] and no one who fell in its way was saved; all 

 would be eaten up. Haumea was a woman. When Kaulu came to the home of Hau- 

 mea, he found the ghost asleep, so Kaulu woke her up. Haumea then asked Kaulu: 

 "Where are you going?" Kaulu replied: "Sightseeing." "You cannot go any further; 

 this place is sacred to me and death shall- meet those who disobey." Kaulu then asked 

 the ghost: "Are you strong?" Haumea replied: "Yes." Kaulu again said: "Yes, I 

 will return and tomorrow I will come again, when we will fight." Haumea assented 

 to this. 



The reason why Kaulu deferred the fight with Haumea was because he wished to 

 get some nets (koko) to catch Haumea with. These were the nets of Makalii,^^ called 

 "Maoleha" and its mate. Kaulu then flew up to Makalii and asked for the nets. Ma- 

 kalii allowed him to take them, and Kaulu returned with the nets and he again found 

 Haumea asleep. Kaulu then surrounded the house with four thicknesses of real fish 

 nets and two thicknesses of the nets of Makalii, Maoleha and its mate. When Kaulu 

 saw that the house of Haumea was completely encompassed with nets, he called out in a 



loud voice: 



Wake up Haumea, 



It is daylight, the cock has crowed, 



Darkness has fled, 



Pleiades has risen. 



Here I am, Kaulu, 



Your opponent. You must wake up. 



When Haumea heard the call, she woke up and looking about saw that she was 

 entirely surrounded with nets. She then began to tear them with her teeth. After cut- 

 ting through the four thickness of fish nets she came to the nets of Makalii, Maoleha 

 and its mate. At these nets Haumea was unable to cut them, and became so entangled 

 and exhausted that she went to sleep. While asleep Kaulu set the house on fire, which 

 consumed Haumea, killing her. 



'"Moanalua, between Kalihi and Halawa, Oahu. "Haumea was a resident deity of Kalihi valley and 



"Niuhelewai, near Kapalama, below King street, Ho- vicinity, as testified by tbe traditions of the locality. 



noKilu. "The net of Makalii is from the story of Kila, son 



of Moikeha. 



