6io Pomander Collect iuu of Hawaiiciii Folk-lore. 



awa you could be forgiven;'' then tlie anger of the guarcHau spirit would be ai)])ease(l. 

 If you have a house to move into do not forget the awa root. The awa drinkers de- 

 sired their skin to be rough just as if they had been daubed over with poi and it had 

 dried; it then becomes: "Stained is the white, the dark (black) has won." 



Again, if one has sworn not to talk to another, and later they wish to make 

 up, they must use some awa root. There are other things where awa root is needed 

 and used. Another thing, it is not proper to eat food before drinking the awa; drink 

 the awa first, then eat the food; then one becomes intoxicated. 



Awa root is one of the valuable things sold in our kingdom. You can see the 

 quarters disappearing frequently evening after evening, to secure that which would 

 cause profound sleep at night. 



THE VALUE OE THE LEAVES. 



The leaves are large and flat, somewhat like those of other plants. Here is 

 the \alue: when one is sick, s])read the leaves underneath and lay the patient on them, 

 and the illness will disappear, ])r()\-ided it is such as can be cured b\- that medicine. 



PLACES K.XMOL'S OX ACCOUNT OE THIS I'LAXT. 



At Kamaile, Kauai; at Halawa, Oahu; at Maui are the awa roots of Eleio, but 

 I do not know where they grow; at Puna, Hawaii, if I mistake not; whereat on Molo- 

 kai, I do not know. Another famous place is Hakipuu, Oahu, at a place called Hena ; 

 there is located a stone awa container and a stone awa cup. A man named Kapuna 

 went there and drank some awa ; and when he came home he was drunk and went to 

 sleep, and died from the intoxication of the awa ; and where he died there a])i)earcd 

 two ridges; the ridges were joined at some place; those were the legs; there is also a 

 small hill at the ])lace; that was the head of the man. That place is known as Kajni- 

 na; this ])lace is mauka of Hakipuu, Oahu. This place is also called Hena, where the 

 awa is noted for its intoxicating quality. 



This is what 1 have gleaned from friends through inquiry. 



foHN Mana. 



BUILDING CANOES. 



This is one of the industries of Hawaiians of ancient time, and it is still car- 

 ried on to this day. This is how it is done: when a man desires to go up to build a 

 canoe he must first prepare a ])ig, red fish, black fish and various other things.' And 

 when these things are ready he comes home and courts dreams in his sleep. If thev 

 are good he will go u]), but if they are unfa\'orable he will not. 



In going u]) the mountain a wrnnan should not go along; that would be wrong. 

 Should ;i woman go along, the canoe would be cracked, .\rriving at the place where 



'Awa was supposed to be the favorite of the gods, 'As offerings to propitiate the forest deities. 



Iicncc an acccpta1)le offering on all occasions. 



