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mu o ka lau. ku ana imua o Ewa, a olelo aku o Ewa: "E ai mua au i keia laau a i 

 make au, alaila, mai kanu oe aohe waiwai, aka ina aole au e make, alaila, waiwai kaua." 

 I ka ai ana a ua o Ewa, ona iho la ia a po ka la, ala mai la ia a kapa mai la i ka inoa 

 he awa, mailaila mai ke kapaia ana o keia lau he awa, o ka awa a Kaumakaeha, ke 

 'lii. He nui aku no na wahi i olelo ia no kahi i loaa mai ai ka awa; ua olelo ia he mau 

 manu ka mea nana i lawe mai a kanu ia ma ka nahelehele o Puna, ma Hawaii. O ke- 

 kahi, he keiki ponoi no na Hiilei, o na wahi wehewehe no ia i loaa ia'u no kahi i loaa 

 ai ka awa, mai na hoa mai. 



O KONA WAHI E ULU AI. 



Ua olelo ia o kona wahi e ulu ai oia ka aka, oia hoi ka lala, aia a kakiwi ia a 

 kaomi ia me ka pohaku, a kolo ke a-a, alaila lawe e kanu i kau wahi e makemake ai, 

 a o kekahi i ka wa e ka ia ai ka awa oia hoi ka uhuki ana, poke ae no i ka lala a hoolei 

 iho iloko o ka lua o ka puawa i huhuki ia ae ai, a kanu apaa, a omaka ae, ua kapaia ua 

 omaka he nihnpuaa," alaila lawe e kanu. O ke kanu ana a"u i ike he like me ke kanu 

 ana o ke ko. 



NA INOA O NA AWA. 



Papa, makea, mokihana; he keokeo ko lakou mau lala, he nunui ka lau. A ina 

 e kanu ia ka papa, puka mai he papa ame ka puawa moi, he eleele ka ili o waho o 

 kona mau lala. He puawa hiwa, na puawa ano nui iho la no ia i loaa ia'u. 



Ka waiwai o ka puawa; oia hoi kahi i ulu mai ai na lala. He nui na waiwai o 

 keia mea i ka wa kahiko, he mea kuai nui ia e na kanaka, i mea inu, i mea lapaau mai. 

 Penei e hana ai ina he mea mai, o ka laau ihola no keia ame ka puaa hiwa, i loaa ka 

 pu-pu o ka awa ; e mama a loko o ke kanoa, a nui a hoka, oia ke kalana ana ae i na oka 

 awa oloko, apau ia hoo-hee aku iloko o na anu, alaila, pule aku ke kahuna i na auma- 

 kua a pi aku i kekahi awa no lakou, o ka wala aku la no ia, hoonuu mai na ])oke puaa 

 ae, hoonoenoe keia i ka po, loaa ka mea e kunewa ai i ke ao. Pela no hoi ka poe hoo- 

 nohonoho akua, ina e hoi mai ke akua a noho iluna kena koke i awa i ai na ke akua ; o 

 ka mama iho la no ia o ka awa inu aku la apau, pela aku ana no, hele ia a ukolekole, 

 nana aku oe makole launa ole, ka mea hoi i olelo ia : 



"Makole! Makole! Akahi hele i kai o Piheka, heaha ka ai e ai ai, he awa." 



Pela no hoi, ina ua hewa oe i kou akua me kahi huluhulu awa e kala ai i ka he- 



