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made into a canoe can be found; 1)ut it is not suitable for two or three people, for it 

 might sink in the sea. But it must not be finished into a canoe while it is green; 

 leave it for finishing till it is seasoned, then use it. The outrigger float is made like 

 the wiliwili canoe. When the time comes that the fish aiian" moves in schools, the 

 owner of this wiliwili canoe would go out, followed by others in other kinds of canoes; 

 and when they have caught the fish, they would return, and the man in the wiliwili ca- 

 noe would divide the fish. That is not all ; it is made by some people into tinder to con- 

 tinue the fire, and is used by others for purposes of smoking. This is what I ha\'e 

 found out through inquiring among friends. They have told me what they knew, and 

 with what I know has increased it somewhat; perhaps there are many other things, 

 but T do not know what they are. This is all T have found. 



W. y. KAriOPUKAHI. 



THE VARIOUS OHIAS OF HAWAII. 



Ttte ohias T know about are the oJiia kiiinakiia. oliia puakea, oliia nlaitla, oliia 

 leliua, oliia kiiikim'a. oliia ha and the ohia ahihi; therefore I will explain these various 

 kinds of ohias' and where they came from. 



THE CTrAR■^CTERISTICS OF THE OIIIA KUMAKUA." 



Its trunk is like that of the koa, but its bark is like that of the kukui. Its 

 trunk is soft when it is cut, and its bark is insipid to the taste, though it is used as 

 food in times of distress from hunger up in the mountains. This wood is used in the 

 construction of large and small houses, though it quickly rots ; it is used for fence posts, 

 and for guiding rods for the ends of fishing nets. Its flowers are of two kinds, white 

 flower and red. Such are the characteristics of this tree. 



THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OIIIA PUAKEA.^ 



This is a beautiful woman, and this ohia puakea was named after a beautiful 

 girl named Waiakea, for she lived there until she was old, then she said like this : 

 "Where art thou, Aulii?" Aulii answered: "Here am I." "Go and get my ohelo 

 fruits and bring them back; Kealia (Oahu) has them. Should he ask you, 'What do 

 you want here?" then say to him, T came to get the ohelo fruits of your daughter Wai- 

 akea, for she is very fond of them.' " Then those fruits were given. And when Au- 

 lii returned and arrived at the house of Waiakea, she asked : "Where are the fruits ?" 

 "Here they are!" answered Aulii, and when Waiakea looked she realized that they 

 were not what she wanted; then the fruits were called "puakea"; this tree has white 

 flowers, and its fruit is also white when it is ripe; it is palatable when eaten. It has 



'Allan, mullet of a certain age or size; a new species 'Ohia knmakua, "parent standing ohia" sccnis inap- 



classed as Chacnomiigil. propriatc for tliis described tree. 



'The several varieties of trees referred to by Ha- 'Ohia pnakea, white flowering ohia, its fruit also 



waiians as ohias belong to two classes, according to the white, 

 botanist, viz., Mclrosidcros and liugfiiia. 



