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realized that she would iil)tain a heautiful fruit froui her womb. The hushaud was a 

 fisherman who used to go fishing for them, and he passed long periods at his occu- 

 pation. One day Kapokoholua sailed out on the ocean in a canoe to fish. When he 

 had gone Puupehe commenced a conversation from inside the mother's womb. When 

 Puupehe spoke the mother was startled from her sleep, and she wondered at this 

 strange sound which she heard. She went to sleej) again; the live one called out, 

 "Sav, my dear mother, do thou awake; father is dead." The mother then realized that 

 it was a human \'oice, but she could see no human being. She ran quickly and stood 

 at the door of the house and looked round for the owner of the voice, but she could 

 see no one; she thought, however, that it was her husband, but she was disappointed. 

 She returned and sat in the house. The child voiced a chant thus: 



How I desire tlie moisture of the dew, 

 ■ That water proudly hanging on the tree; 

 When the rain falls on the precipice 

 It fills up the streams. 

 That is the benefit my eyes behold ! 

 My eyes to behold, my hands to rustle. 



When the child linished chanting his mother became possessed and was greatly 

 troubled. 1 had better explain shortly about his chanting and falsely stating that his 

 father was dead. It was not true as he chanted. He had gone to watch his father 

 fishing, and he had sent for a great number of fish to come and bite the hook. He saw 

 that his father had caught a great many fish, but he needed the second [recjuisite |, the 

 awa root. He knew his parents had none; that was why he voiced the few lines of 

 song above written. 



Let us drop what the child did for some later time and turn and talk of the 

 father. While his father was fishing he became very much interested because he 

 caught so many. When he glanced shoreward he could not see land, because Puupehe 

 had covered it C(im])letely with fog. He thought to himself, "What can this wonder- 

 ful thing be? There is now no wind to bring the fog on to the land!" He had a pre- 

 monition, however, concerning his wife, so he commenced to pull in his line. When it 

 was near the top his line was held by a shark. The name of this shark was Puaiki. 



Let me say a few words concerning this des])icable fish. When he realized that 

 it was a shark holding on he jerked the line; the fish took him to a point near the cape 

 of Papawai here on Maui ; from there he apain came outside of Manele.- He noticed 

 that their house was surrounded by a many-colored cloud. When he arrived at his 

 old fishing ground his line and hook were broken off. He returned and when near 

 shore he saw his wife standing on the seashore beckoning to him. He said to him- 

 self, "You are unaccountable, my wife; you can see that I am returning." With one 

 scoop of his paddle in the sea the bow of the canoe landed on the sand. The wif.e ran 

 to him and gras])cd him tremblingly. TTc asked, "What is the cause of this heavy 

 breathing?" She rei)lied, with tears, "Our child has acted the ghost to me." For 

 what reason?" "I'^or this reason; soon after vou were gone I went to sleep and slept 



=The harbor on the northern sliore of Lanai, off tlic name of "Pniipehc", the legend of wliich docs not con- 



eastern point of which is a detached rock known by the nccl with this stor\'. 



