526 Pomander Collccfiou of Hawaiian folk-lore. 



merged. Tliis sea was named after the mother of Pele, i e., Kahinalii, because the sea 

 belonged to her; Pele simply brought it, and caused it to recede to what it is which 

 we see today, floating calmly at Hauola. 



From that time Pele and her whole family left Hapakuela for good, and all 

 came here to Hawaii. Pele, howev^er, came first and her brothers followed. Wlien 

 the brothers arrived at Kanaloa. Pele had arrived at Kauai." Tt was there the broth- 

 ers chanted another song: 



Pele sailed for Kauai ; 



Tier canoes landed at Mookini. 



Pele and others stood before the image. 



Pele dwelt in the sea. 



Pele offered sacrifices there. 



Pele progressed with her rctinne 



And at the cape of Leleiwi 



Scented the fragrance of the hala 



And the lehua-flowers of Makaulele, 



The lehua standing red at Pmiloa. 



[Saw] the large house at Kilauea, 



The sleeping house at Papalauahi. 



Pele arrived from heaven 



[With] the thunder and the earthquake, 



The severe rain and the soft rain : 



Returned by Kaumeaiku, 



[By] the women of the land in the clouds. 



Answer thou, Pele ! Prepare ! Prepare ! 



Here we are thy numerous ministers! 



Have compassion on us ! 



There were reasons for composing this song, because the brothers did not know 

 for a certainty where Pele, their sister, would make her i)ermanent abode, not know- 

 ing she would make it at Kilauea. They had composed the chant before she came to 

 live there. 



Pele lived at Kauai, and when she left that place she came and lived at Kalau- 

 papa,'- Molokai, at a place called Kauhako; from there she came and lived at Puulai- 

 na ; she dug there ; leaving Puidaina, she went to live at Haleakala ; she also dug there. 

 From there she went to Kilauea. There she caused a separation of their residences. 

 Kamohoalii was assigned one place, and Kahuilaokalani was given a difi^erent place. 

 From that time forth Pele was never seen at Kamohoalii's place, because she had an- 

 other body, the rainbow ; her division of land is very sacred, and no fire was kin- 

 dled there. 



This is the end of the story. There was not very much given concerning the 

 Flood. That was all that the one who told me knew. 



[MOANAUI,!.] 



"Tradition credits Pele's first landing on these islands ''0;dui sliould resent this slight to her traditions, as 



as at Pmikapcle "Hill of Pele," on Kanai. Pele is said to have made two attempts to locate on 



this island before testing Molokai. 



