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about one week to go and return. But to Keliimalolo, it was only the time of a break- 

 fast, not a whole day, nor days. After this Keliimalolo, with his wife and his sisters 

 dwelt up in Keolewa, a place in Ivohala adjoining the hill of Puuhue. 



While Keliimalolo was residing there, he afterwards, together with his wife and 

 a sister went down to Koaie to fish for hinalea. They were about ready to go home 

 in the evening, but a shower was coming windward which frightened his wife and sis- 

 ter. He therefore grabbed hold of his sister in one hand and his wife in the other, 

 and ran with great speed and entered their dwelling house at Keolewa. Then the 

 rain fell. The distance from the beach at Koaie to Keolewa was five miles. 



OF KAMOEAU. 



Kamoeau was an adept at guessing and at repartee ; he knew the character of a 

 man by his voice ; a rooster by his crowing in the day or night ; a woman by the ring- 

 ing sound of her kapa block; and the birds by their singing. 



If Kamoeau happened to be going on the road and heard the kapa block ring- 

 ing, if the ringing be sharp it denoted her to be an unsightly woman; if the ringing be 

 hollow, she had some personal defects; if a prolonged ringing, she was comely. Ka- 

 moeau never failed to characterize this or that woman by hearing alone, and not by 

 sight. If a rooster crowed he could tell its color and shape according to its voice. If 

 a black rooster, the voice was hollow and of sudden termination; if light-colored, the 

 crowing was strong at the beginning and ended in broken accents; if dark red, the 

 crowing at first was sharp and then became dee])-toned; and if the rooster be mottled 

 (auha), the voice would be harsh at the start and ended weakly. 



Kamoeau could lie under water from morning until noon, and then emerge 

 therefrom. It is therefore a most extraordinary thing to think of, and the power and 

 knowledge, the accuracy of the guessing, if it were true, was something supernatural, 

 and was only transmitted by the deity to Kamoeau. 



OF PAHIA. 



Pahia was a resident of Hilo, and was a righteous and very honest man; was 

 not fraudulent and fickle ; was not pompous nor recreant as other people. While re- 

 siding in Hilo, or journeying to Kohala, if Pahia was entertained by a resident, or a 

 friend, or a pretended wife, or brothers or parents, if the repast consisted of roasted 

 pig, or a chicken, or turkey, or fish; or perhaps salt, or taro leaves, or roasted kukui," 

 or perhaps liiiiu/ and so forth, then Pahia would return the same. If a pig was roast- 

 ed for his use, Pahia would make a remark thus: "Aia no io zvahi a Pahia," which 

 meant, a pig was roasted for his use. Pahia would return the compliment to his en- 

 tertainer when the latter came to his place; and if young taro leaves* were given to 

 Pahia to eat, Pahia would give his entertainer the same thing when the latter visited 

 him. And if roasted kukui was given to Pahia, he would likewise compliment with 



the same ingredient, and in the same way in all other things. 

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'Inamona, kernels of roasted kukui nuts, a table deli- 'Young taro leaves called luau when cooked, hence 



cacy. the name given to Hawaiian feasts, which would not be 



'Limu. a variety of seaweed (Algae). complete without a supply of that commodity. 



