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3. The value of tlie shell. Here are the uses of the shell : as calabashes, fish 

 bowls, awa cups, hula calabashes, rings, tobacco containers, spoons, bowls for pound- 

 ing bait, and water cups. 



4. The value of the meat. Here are some of the uses of the meat: the meat of 

 the coconut is palatal)lc; when it is scraped until a large bowl is filled and strained, it 

 looks like milk ; cook the ])otatoes and, when done, clean and mash, and mix with the 

 milk of the coconut; when it is eaten it is exceedingly palatable; that is called the poi 

 palau. It is also mixed with raw taro and baked in the imu. It must be tightly bun- 

 dled so as not to flow in the imu (oven). When it is eaten it tastes like pork cooked 

 under ground. This is called kiilolo. 



5. The value of the leaf. In the olden time here in Hawaii the leaves of the co- 

 conut were used for making mats, skirts, hats, fans, and fishing baskets, cover for la- 

 nai of houses, and in thatching for houses. It is said that a man once used a coco- 

 nut leaf with which to jump from a coconut tree into the sea. 



6. Concerning the oil. Coconut is valuable for its oil. Here is how it is pre- 

 pared. ^Vhen the coconut is young, that is the proper time for extracting oil from it. 

 When desirous of making some, a man must carry a tub and leave it by the tree, right 

 under where the fruits are hanging then go for the young fruit, cut open the bud and 

 let the water drip into the tub; when that is finished, repeat the operation at the next 

 tree, and continue this until the tub is full, then pack it to the house and convert'- it 

 into oil. When it is lighted it burns brightly like the whale oil. It is also used for 

 dressing the hair. 



7. The value of the midrib of the leaf. In the olden times here in Hawaii, 

 the midrib of the coconut segments was se]iarated with care and was used for string- 

 ing candlenuts ; for props'" for the feathers of chickens, turkeys and other fowls \\lien 

 made into kahilis for the chiefs. It is also used in making brooms with which to sweep 

 the decks of ships, and houses wherein i;)eo])le sleep. It was also used as a dancing 

 instrument in the olden time. It is also used in catching aama (black flat crab). 



Such is the whole story concerning the coconut which was sought with much 

 weariness. [K.M'wkxaoi.i;. | 



The coconut is one of the tallest trees growing down in Lahaina. This is how 

 the coconut was obtained : it was brought here by a man with very long bones, named 

 Kane. He came from the border of Kahiki and brought it with him. 



This is how Kane brought the coconut: formerly it was short, about one vard. 

 When it was jjlanted it was attended by much labor. .V man could reach for the fruit 

 with his hand without climbing. But here is the strange thing: when a certain chief 

 wanted coconut he ordered his servant to climb for some. When the servant reached 

 for the coconut the tree lengthened and grew taller. He was surprised at this length- 

 ening of the tree, so he climbed up. The tree grew taller until it was one hundred 



'"This described process of oil making from coconut "Props, arms or branches, to, or on which the featli- 



water is ingenious, and would relegate the copra trade ers for the formation of the cylindrical form of the ka- 



inlo the discard of antiquity. hilis were fastened. 



