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holo, Mahaiula, Kaelehuluhulu, Kailua, Holualoa, Kahaluu, Keauhou, and Kaawaloa. 

 At this place he lost the road (because it was covered by the sea, a fording place un- 

 til this day). Keliimalolo left two joints of sugar-cane there, and returned.^ 



On arriving at Kapakai, in Kohala, where their canoes were beached, their bag- 

 gage was not yet taken to their friends' house, and the canoes were not covered ; his 

 companions had not even washed the sea-salt of the voyage. 



His companions then inquired: "Where have you been, Keliimalolo?" Kelii- 

 malolo replied: "I went along that direction to a sandy landing away inland, with 

 water near by; there was a temple (heiau) on a hill. From thence to a coconut grove 

 at an open place, where a salt works" implements were piled up." 



While Keliimalolo was relating his tale, the folks declared: "You are a lying 

 man. The sandy landing is Ivawaihae, to which belongs the temple on the hill of 

 Puukohola. Mailekini was the name of the heiau. How could you get there? You 

 have just gone and returned this early morning; how could you get there and return? 

 It takes two days to go over, and on the fourth day arrive here again." 



"When I passed the coconut grove, I continued past several alkali plains, and 

 then came to the black volcanic rocks ; from there to a sandy stretch with a pond on 

 the upper side. When I passed this I continued on on the volcanic rocks until I came 

 to where kou trees were growing, and a patch of dry sand; from there to a sharp- 

 pointed cape; and I went till I came to where the kou and the coconut were growing. 

 Further on I came to a very large coconut grove, and when I passed this I came upon 

 a bay running far inland. Then the road was lost. There I left my two joints of 

 sugar-cane, and returned and have just arrived." 



By this narration the folks of Kapakai acknowledged its truth, as the places 

 named were correct, the alkali plains being Kalahuipuaa; the rocky land, Kaniku; 

 the sandy stretch and pond were Kiholo; the kou was Mahaiula; the dry sandy patch 

 was Kaelehuluhulu; the long cape, Keahole; Kailua, the kou and coconut; Kahaluu, 

 the coconut grove, and Kaawaloa the bay. 



The course of Keliimalolo the folks acknowledged to be true, but his reaching 

 these places was a wonder to them, and they doubted that he did so on account of the 

 shortness of time taken to travel it. Therefore they disputed, and the dispute being 

 at intense heat, they made a wager. And when the stakes were up, inquirers went 

 to the places that Keliimalolo had gone over, and when they came to Kawaihae, the 

 people of the place acknowledged that they had seen the runner going along the beach 

 in the early morning. Thus they went questioning along all the sea beaches until they 

 came to Kaawaloa. There they found the two joints of sugar-cane that Keliimalolo 

 had left. Then they found that all the words of Keliimalolo were true, and that they 

 all had lost their wagers to him. 



The distance traveled in going and coming, was about ninety miles. It is a 

 very bad place to this day ; full of rocks ; tortuous up and down ; zigzagging in and 

 out, up and down ; a very long cape in some places, a hot burning sun in another place. 

 And if people were traveling in their natural speed without baggage, it would take 



'Hoi maila, returned. 



