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fathoms high ; so he descended and went to the house of his master. The master asked 

 him: "How about the coconuts?" "I did not get any; to be sure it is only low, but 

 when I started to climb it grew very high." The chief asked: "Then you did not 

 meet Kane, the owner of the coconut?" He said he had not. The chief answered: 

 "That is the reason you did not get any." It was a famous saying among the children 

 of that time that you can not get the coconuts of Kane. That was the queer thing 

 about this coconut tree. 



Here are the values of the coconut: its fruit is very palatable; it is made into 

 sweet potato i)udding, taro pudding or starch pudding. That was the way the old 

 people used it. It was, however, kapu; only men could eat it. Coconuts were also of- 

 fered in temples so that the gods might be propitiated. 



Another benefit was ; its shell when made into calabashes for the chiefs, as also 

 awa cups. These are the principal values of this tree. I am not proficient on this sub- 

 ject. There is much difficulty attending the search for its origin, and this is what I 

 have ascertained. If any person knows anything further, he had better reveal it to 



the public. 



Sema. 



THE BANANA FIELD OF KAHUOI AND OTHER FAMOUS PLACES. 



Tins banana field is a large one; its length is the same as its width, square in 

 shape, luit if a person wishes to visit it he should do so with a resident,' else he can 

 not get around it, because he would go astray. There is only one way by which a 

 stranger can walk around that banana field, by jiutting up marks. There must be 

 four marks; then you who wish to encircle the field should start from one end. When 

 walking do not cast your eyes to this side or that side ; keep walking straight ahead, then 

 you can completely encompass it; that is the way with this banana field; he who does 

 not follow instructions can not walk all around it. 



The owner of this banana field. The owner of this banana field is the one men- 

 tioned above, that is Kahuoi. This man came from Hawaii, and he left there because 

 he could not agree with his parents, Kauahua and Heana. Kauahua was the father 

 and Heana was the mother. Why he did not agree with his parents was because this 

 boy was lazy and would not do any cultivating. The father continually urged the child 

 to go to work, but he would not heed any instructions the father gave him ; therefore 

 the father concluded to send his son away from home. When the son was sent away he 

 went down to the beach and saw a canoe ready for departure. He asked the man on 

 the canoe: "Where is the canoe going?" Kilua answered: "The canoe is going to 

 Maui." Kahuoi said: "Please allow me to go with you?" The man consented. 

 They sailed until they came to the observation point of land for ulua. Alau is the name 

 of this point. On their arrival there, Kahuoi asked Kilua; "Say, how is the canoe to 

 bo headed?" Kilua answered: "Head the canoe for Hamoa."- Kahuoi changed to the 



'Resident f.iiniliar with the conditions of the prcin- 'Hanioa, .t section of Hana a little to the southward 



ises. of Kaiiiki. 



