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started to run with all speed. Makaioulu chased after until he caught him, grabbed 

 him by the neck, turned the face upward and killed him. Then Makaioulu went from 

 that place till he came to Makua,'' where he met two women who understood the art 

 of breaking bones, and where he came near being killed; but because of his own skill 

 and knowledge of the art himself he escaped death, and the women were killed by him. 



OF MAKOA. 



Makoa was a very fast runner in the days of Kamehameha I, and was far-famed, 

 having no equal. Kamehameha was once sojourning at the sea beach at Kawaihae. 

 From there to Hilo, at Waiakea, is a very great distance, interspersed with rough 

 road, gulches and deep ravines. The distance is about eighty miles, going and coming. 



When Kamehameha was about to eat his breakfast and the awa was being 

 chewed it was found that there was no accompanying dish for the drinking of the 

 awa ; that was the time for Makoa to run to Hilo to get mullet from the pond of 

 Waiakea, on the boundary adjoining Puna. As soon as he received the mullet Makoa 

 returned to Kamehameha, arriving with the fish still qui\ering, not dead. Then Ka- 

 mehameha drank his awa down followed by eating the mullet to remove the bitter 

 taste of the awa. The return of Makoa was yet in the morning time, not at noon. 

 The distance to be traveled at the present time would take four days, going quickly 

 and back, without baggage, but with some difficulties, stiffness and soreness. 



OF KANEAKAEHU. 



Kaneakaehu was one of the fastest runners in the days of Kamehameha. He 

 could run from Kailua, in North Kona, to Waiakea, in Hilo, in a very short time. 

 The distance from Kailua to Hilo is about one hundred miles, going and coming, as 

 there were three divisions of land to be traversed, namely, Kohala, Hamakua and Hi- 

 lo, and the same on the return. Only three divisions, but they abounded in rocks, and 

 very rough. The road was very crooked and the precipices very steep and craggy. 



It was habitual with Kamehameha that when it was time to have his meal, the 

 fish, pond-mullet, was to be sent for in Waiakea, Hilo, either in the morning or in the 

 evening; and when the meal was ready and the awa chewed, then Ivaneakaehu started 

 to get the fish. And when he got them, he returned and ])laced the fish, still alive and 

 quivering, on Kamehameha's plate, which fish Kamehameha ate. That was the speed of 

 Kaneakaehu mentioned in this writing as witnessed by people of old and known to 

 the young people of today. 



OF KELIIMALOLO. 



Keliimalolo was one of the fastest runners of Maui, when Kahekili was king. 

 Hana, in Maui, was the birthplace of Keliimalolo. One day he and his companions left 

 Hana, sailing for and arriving at Ivapakai, in Kohala, Hawaii. On arriving at Ka- 

 pakai, Keliimalolo left without helping to draw the canoes up. He went along the 

 beach and arrived at Kawaihae, Puako and Kaniku, successively. Thence^ on to Ki- 



'Makua is one of the most western valleys of Waia- 'Thence, for maila aku ; maila an abbreviation of mai 



nae, a section which was the traditional home of the laila, from thence. 



olohc, or professional robbers, whose skill as bone- 

 breakers was the secret of their success. 



