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Fornandcr Collection of Ila^vaiian Polk-lorc. 



The ninth cane: the Ainakca;^" the ones who obtained this cane were Kuula and 

 Kane; these two had i)racticed sorcery on the people of Honuania and left their bones 

 bleaching in the sun. That is why this cane was called Ainakea, on account of the 

 rascality of these men. This cane is red with long white stripes, but its trash, and in 

 eating it, is like the Opukea. white; that is the kind of cane this is. 



The tenth cane: this cane is called the Iliopita.^^ I do not know why it was called 

 by that name, nor do I know anything at all about this \'ariety. 



The eleventh cane: this cane is called Malolo.^'- The reason this cane was called 

 by that name was because of a woman who bore a child ; the placenta of the child was 

 taken and left under a pandanus tree. The first name gi\en to this cane was Pualiala. 

 but because this woman made religious observance this cane was called the Malolo. 

 This is a tough cane, so it has been said by those who know, but 1 have never seen it. 

 It is also said that this cane is used by bird catchers as an otTering on snaring their 

 first bird. 



The twelfth cane: this is the Azueowco^^ cane. This cane was discovered dur- 

 ing the battle between Kamehameha and Kiwalao at Mokuaweoweo. On account of 

 the great number of people and the many who were dying they were hungry and 

 thirsty; so when Pohina appeared with a bundle of cane Kiwalao inquired, "What is 

 the name of that cane?" Pohina replied, "This cane is called the Ohia." Kiwalao 

 said, "Vou had better call that cane the Aweoweo." That is the reason this name was 

 given. This kind of cane is striped, somewhat like some of the canes mentioned above. 

 These are the explanations concerning these canes which I have obtained. 



KELATIXr; TO PLANTINC. 



The method of planting these canes is not like that we see at this time; it was 

 entirely different. Some of the oo's^ of that time were made from the wood of the 

 pandanus tree; this oo was taken from Kahalaoaka- where the screw-pines were plen- 

 tiful; another [kind of J oo was made from Aalii;" this was gotten from Kahikinui^ 

 where the aalii was plentiful; and there were many other kinds of oo. When these 

 oo's were obtained, they were taken home and shaped; the cutting instruments used 

 at that time were adzes, as we have already heard the explanations of those things. 



When these canes were first taken to be planted a hole was dug, but not as is 

 done today. When planting at that time the dirt was simply brushed aside from the 

 spot where vou wished to plant the cane, and the seed was pushed in. That was the way 



"'Ainakea, probably the best known and choicest of 

 the Hawaiian canes and belongs to the variegated class. 



"Iliopua, lit., cloud skin is in the cloud land of doubt. 

 It is not recognized. 



'"This variety of cane is also unknown, either as ma- 

 lolo or puahala. 



"Aweoweo, name for the locality of its discovery, at 

 height altitude on Hawaii, not among the listed Hawaii- 

 an canes, either as Aweoweo or Ohia. There are sev- 

 eral other varieties lielonging to the list of the indige- 

 nous canes of these islands, viz.: uala, oliana, lain and 

 akilolo, some of vvhieli were known as Puaole (flower- 

 less ) canes, i. e., they did not tassel as did other mature 

 canes in the fall season. 



'The oo, or digger, of Hawaii (the only agricultural 



implement the people had) of necessity was made from 

 the hardest woods. While the character of the pan- 

 danus wood sliows a pitliy core, there are some varie- 

 ties in which this is small, but in all cases the outer por- 

 tion — as with palms in general — furnished a hard fibrous- 

 grained wood, yet readier reduced to size and shape for 

 use than other available woods from this fact. With 

 the coming of whaleships Hawaiians adopted the whale- 

 men's spade, hence tlie oo's of today are of that type 

 but heavier. 



"Kahaloaka. 



'Aalii (Dodoiiacii visfasa), a tree of some 20-25 f^'c'. 

 valued for its hard wood. 



'Kahikinui, a district of Maui on southwestern slope 

 of Hale.ikala. 



