6o6 Pomander Collection of Ifau^aiian Polk-lorc. 



great patience must be exercised in its making. To prepare it, it must be rubbed 

 against sometbing else until it is flat 

 up as the white man's plane is fixed. 



against something else until it is flat and smooth. The face of the adze must be tied 



CONCEUNING TIIK HANDLE TO TIE TO. 



The handle is an imj^ortant i)art ; any kind of wood would not do. Look for a 

 piece of wood with a crook at the end to which the adze would fit. Peel oft' the bark, 

 leaving the wood. Then shape it nicely and flat enough to fit the stone, care being 

 taken to try it on the stone often to get a good fit. When the wood fits the stone, the 

 work is done. 



COXCEKNlNc; THE TWINIC WITH WHICH TO TIE IT. 



There are two kinds of twine which I will mention: the olona,- and the fiber of 

 the coconut twisted. Only olona which has been twisted is used. The length of the 

 twines should be about two fathoms ; and with one of these twines must the adze be tied 

 on to the handle. There is much not obtained, but what I have learned I am giving you. 



G. H. D. Kalua. 



HISTORY OF THE AWA. 



This plant is plentiful in Hawaii nei, and i)erhaps in other lands also; it is large 

 underneath, and it has branches which are jointed like the sugar-cane; it has large 

 leaves, though there are some with small leaves. 



WHERE THE AWA' IS FOUND. 



It is said that this plant was brought from Kahiki by Oilikukaheana. He 

 brought it for fishing- plant. When he came and landed at Kauai, he saw a beauti- 

 ful woman, Kamaile; she became his wife, and the plants were cared for bv her. Aft- 

 erwards she threw them away and they grew at Waialeale. Some were pulled up bv 

 Moikeha and brought by him from Kauai ; and without his knowing the kinds of plants 

 they were, he planted them at Halawa, on Oahu. When Moikeha saw that the 

 plants grew he went and told the owner of them, Oilikukaheana. who said the name 

 was Paholei. Moikeha waited until the plants grew large, and because he had for- 

 gotten the name, he went to Ewa. This was the time when Ewa and Halawa were 

 living" separately; Halawa was not available to every one, hence the saving: "Halawa 

 is not to be seen; 'tis a land at the end of Ewa," etc. 



He went to Ewa, and she told him to go and get the plant. vSn he went fur 

 some, and found that the roots had grown large. So he pulled up the plants, roots 



"Olona, Hawaiian liciiip (Toiicliardia latifolia), a ril)cr 'Traditinii shows it to 1)c a favoriU' with ■~liarUs .at the 



highly prized for tenacity and dnnihility. — flilU-bitiiid's hands of kahunas. 



llu'a'iuHin /■lord. 'This living separately may refer to a time prior to 



'Awa (Pi/'cr iiu-lliysticiiin) , the into.xicating plant llalawa's becoming a part of the district of Ewa. 

 throughout Polynesia. 



