COiNTENTS. 



jMvthical Tales. 



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The Bones of Pele - 506 



Legend of the Oopu God 510 



Myth Concerning Molokini 514 



Pa'upa'u 520 



The Flood in Hawaii in the Olden Time 522 



A Story of Poo 528 



A Story of LTlukaa 532 



Story of Pnnlaina 532 



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A Legend of Maui 536 



Relating to Kekaa 540 



A Story of Kauiki ^. 544 



A Story of Pumaia 550 



A Story of Puupehe 554 



A Story Concerning the Fire 560 



A Story of Makahi 564 



Traditionary Stories. 



Relating to the Dead in Ancient Time 



Story of the Ohelo 



Indigenous Canes of Hawaii , 



Story of the Bambu 



The Coconut 



The Banana Field of Kahuoi and other Famous 



Places 



The Stone Adze 



History of the Awa 



Building Canoes 



The Made 



History of the Wiliwili 



The Various Ohias of Hawaii 



The Mat 



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Altout the Koa Tree 630 



The Kapa of Hawaii in Olden Time 636 



Construction of Houses in Hawaii nei 640 



Methods of House Construction 648 



Story of the Lauhala 656 



Some Things in the Bible Similar to Some Things 



Done Here in Hawaii in the Olden Time 658 



The Days and the Months 662 



Concerning the Ti-Leaf 668 



The Kukui Tree 670 



.An .Account of the Breadfruit 676 



Cultivation of the Taro; Ancient and ilodern 680 



.A. Story of Kaniehameha 688 



A Story of Kawelo. 



CH.\PTER 



I. Kawelo a Timid Youth — Learns Swimming, Fishing and Dancing — Covets the Wives of Aikanaka 694 



II. Aikanaka Plans to he Avenged — Kawelo Moves to Oahu — Joins Makuakeke and Captures a Famous Fish 



— Obtains a New Wife and is Taught the Arts of Warfare 696 



III. Kawelo is Called Back to Kauai to Aid his Parents — Aikanaka's Forces Engage Him and Are Defeated 



— Kills His Brother Kauahoa 700 



l\^ Kawelo Loses His Wife to Aikanaka — Plot to Kill Kawelo and His Ulus — Kamalama, the Last Defender, 

 Falls as He Calls Kawelo from Surfing — Kawelo Buries His Friend — Is Stoned to Supposed Death — 

 His Half-sister Appointed Caretaker of the Body 706 



V. Body of Kawelo Placed on the Structure for Decomposition — Kawelo Revives and is Aided by His Care- 



takers — They Agree to Resist the King's Emissaries 712 



VI. The King, Advised of the Refusal to Permit Inspection, Sends a Guard to Slay the Caretakers — Kawelo 



Assumes Defense of the Hill and Hurls Rocks upon the Guard till One Only Is Left to Tell the 

 King of Their Destruction 716 



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