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Pupukea: "lo i ka hale, pau ke a'o ana a ke kumu." Mahope o laila, hahau o Pupu- 

 kea i kana laau palau, pa i ke kumu, waiho i lalo. A liuliu, ala niai la ke kumu a olelo 

 mai ia Pupukea: "Pakele oe! E make au, make oe. Aole, ola ae nei au, ola oe. Nolai- 

 la e hue lepo ka laau." 



Ia Pupukea e olelo ana me ke kumu, hahau o Makakuikalani i kana laau palau 

 i luna o ka ai o Pupukea ( oia ka aa ) a haule iho la o Pupukea i lalo o ka honua, a waiho 

 iho la. Olelo mai kekahi ia Makakuikalani: : "A oi make ko hoapaio, hahau hou ia iho." 

 I aku o Makakuikalani : "Ua make, he laau na'u na ka ui." Nonoi aku o Makakuikalani 

 ia Kamalalawalu: ''O kuu wahi ai e haawi mai oe he umauma naha ko'u." Ai iho la o 

 Makakuikalani a maona, pau ae la ka ai ka umeke. L,alau iho la ia i ke po'i a papale 

 i ke poo. 



E pono e olelo maanei no Makakuikalani. O keia po'i a Makakuikalani i papale 

 ai i kona poo, he po'i ipu laau. E ia kana olelo kaena: "He po'i laau ka'u e papale nei, 

 he laau palau auanei kana na laua ia e kike laau." 



A hiki o Makakuikalani i mua o Pupukea, ala ae la o Pupv:kea i luna. Ia laua 

 e ku ana, lalau iho la o Pupukea i kana laau palau a hahau hualepo ae la ia Makakuika- 

 lani. Ma keia hahau ana, waiho o Makakuikalani i lalo, I aku ke kumu ia Pupukea: 

 "E hoomoe hou ko laau palau i luna o ka hoapaio i make." I aku o Pupukea: "Ua make, 

 he laau na ka ui. Ke hele nei a kukai ka ila o Pupukea." 



A make o Makakuikalani ia Pupukea, ia wa, luku o Hawaii ia Maui. Nolaila, 

 hee mai la o Maui a ke awa, aohe waa e hoi ai i Maui. Nolaila kau aku la lakou maluna 

 o Kepoiamalau a pau iho la i ke piho, a make iho la. Nolaila, luku iho la lakou a pau 

 loa na kane o Maui i ka make. 



Ma keia kaua ana, ua make o Kamalalawalu ame Makakuikalani ia Lonoikamaka- 

 hiki ame Pujuikea, a ua lanakila o Hawaii ma keia kaua ana. 



Memoirs B. P. B. Museum, Vol. V. — 29. 



