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Fourth: its joints. The joint sections are made into water containers* when it 

 becomes large enough for that purpose. That is another value of the bambu. 



Fifth: its leaves. The leaves of the bambu are used for polishing; it would put 

 a good polish on rings ; also on pipes and on wooden calabashes ; such are the uses of 

 the bambu. 



Another subject of consideration concerns the famous bambu groves. At Kui- 

 kuilaumania, Hawaii, is a famous bambu grove; it is near the sugar mill of Kaupa- 

 kuea, at Hilo. The reason that grove is famous is because there are found fine large 

 sized bambus ; it is there also that bambus are gotten which are used in circumcising 

 the Hawaiian youths ; that is why the name of the grove is also called Homaikaohe.** 



There is a second famous bambu grove, also at Hilo, Hawaii. This noted grove 

 is called Halai" (calm). The reason it is so famed is because the bambus are numer- 

 ous. It is there that the rods for fishing the aku are gotten by the Hawaiians. These 

 are the celebrated bambu groves of Hawaii which 1 have heard of. There are other 

 notable bambu groves, but then it is for you to reveal them. 



Here on Maui, at Koolau, East Maui, Pohakea' is the name of a bambu grove; 

 it is also known as Hinai.'* It is a place where the olona is treated at the present time. 

 A\'hy this gro\'e became famous I do not know, but it is the only noted bambu grove 

 that I have heard of here on Maui. Oahu has no famed bambu grove. Kauai is 

 like Oahu; it has no noted bambu grove. Therefore, we know where the bambu came 

 from, that is, through Hina; its place of origin and its uses; and the places of the not- 

 able groves hereinbefore mentioned. This is all that I have learned about the bambu. 



Timothy Lililea. 



THE COCONUT. 



The coconut' is not a tree indigenous to Hawaii nei, because no one can show 

 and no story can verify the idea that this is an ancient plant from the time of the ori- 

 gin of these islands. And because of the lack of this testimony some people conclud- 

 ed that the coconut came from Kahiki. 



There are two conjectures as to how the coconut was introduced in Hawaii. 

 I. Brought here by the sea. 2. Brought here by Apua- and his elder brother, Auke- 

 lenuiaiku, and here is the explanation: When the coconuts grew in Kahiki they were 

 near the sea. As they bore fruit and the fruit matured they dropped here and there 

 into the sea, and the ocean current brought some and landed them here on Hawaii. 

 Upon being cast ashore and entering the sand thev took root and grew and bore fruit. 



*It is of record that shipments of oil in bambus have 

 1>cen made from Tahiti in lieu of casks. 



"Homaikaohe, lit., bring hither the bambu, i.e., that 

 cutting instrument for use in the ceremony. 



'The twin hills back of Hilo town take this same name. 



'Poha, burst ; kca, in the eastern section of Maui, 

 among other definitions is that of light rain or mist, and 

 together may be taken to refer to the influence of this 

 famous grove in bursting the rain clouds. 



"Hinai, basket ; so named, likely, from tliis grove hav- 



ing furnished a quality suitable for such purpose. Un- 

 less for lobster baskets it has no such general use here. 

 Coconut Notes : 



'Coconut (Cocos nucifera). 



"Occasional reference is made to Apua as a brother of 

 Aukelenuiaiku, though no such name appears in the Iku 

 family, unless it be accepted as an abbreviation of Ka- 

 pukapuaiku of which it forms a part, and if so has suf- 

 fered a further reduction from Kapua, a more natural 

 division. These references are at fault, however, since 

 Aukele. was the youngest son of the family. 



