484 Poniandcr Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



OF NALU. 



Nalu was a very celebrated warrior during Kamehameha's reign, and was an ac- 

 complished soldier. It is said that in his fighting days he could stand and fight fear- 

 lessly against an overwhelming number of his enemies and beat them, because he glo- 

 ried'''' in the use of the lance, the spear, the javelin, the cudgel, the stone ax and the 

 encircling pikoi rope. Nalu was therefore greatly feared in his warrior days and fight- 

 ing in battles. No land division chief would dare and fight him ; no warrior, no land, or 

 island" would dare and fight Nalu, his great strength being the source of fear among 

 all. Kamehameha was also apprehensive of Nalu on account of the latter's accomplish- 

 ments in bravery and skill. 



'"Gloried is given here as a definition for tlie phrase ""No land, or island," refers to a collective body of 



he wai attau ia, literally, "it was bath water," i. e., some- men of a land division, or of an island, 



thing he fully enjoyed, or delighted in. 



