592 Pomander Collection of Hazvaiian Folk-lore. 



And when ])er.sons ate of the meat of the coconut they i)i-(iclainie(I" [distributed | it 

 fr(«n Hawaii to Kauai, even unto this day. That is one story concerning the coconut. 



Here is the second : Being brought here l)y man. It is thouglit that Apua and 

 liis brother went to Kahiki and brought tlie coconut here to Hawaii, Ijecause they were 

 sons of Kahiki who came to Hawaii, l)ut it is not known where they first landed on Ha- 

 waii. It is thought that they first kanded at Puna, because there is a place in Puna 

 called Ajma, known so to this day. That is why it is thought they first landed there. 



From there they came and landed at Lanai on the eastern side of the pali of 

 Kaholo. The name of the place now is Kaneapua; it is derived from the name Apua. 

 When they came that time they did not ])ring anv ])lants, because they thought all 

 the plants of Kahiki grew here. And because they got in trouble and were fam- 

 ished, that is why they went back to Kahiki for food. When they arrived at Kahiki, 

 the canoes could not land on account of the high surf. 



In sailing Apua sat on the niann* of the canoe and directed its course properly. 

 On their voyage the canoe was filled with coral rock for the purpose of deceiving. 

 While they were floating outside Kaulaku spied the canoe. He suspected they were ca- 

 noes seeking to buy food. He also thought they did not, on account of the storm. 

 Therefore, Kaulaku showed them a banana. Apua saw that and he bowed his head 

 and spoke to his peojile, "Show them a coral." They picked up a large, coarse, red coral 

 rock and showed it. It did look like a ripe banana outside, and Apua again said, "Tell 

 them that what you have is banana; it lias grown and sprouted, leaves have shot forth, 

 and it has borne fruit; the fruit has been left in Hawaii." And when Kaulaku heard 

 this he said to his ])eople, "Say, they are saying that that is banana, and that they have 

 it at Hawaii." They therefore threw out the fruit, the tree, the leaves and the suck- 

 ers ; the others got them, for they were sorely beset with hunger. 



Taro was also shown them. Thev did for that as in the first place; they indi- 

 cated that it has grown and sprouted; it has leaved out and it has borne fruit and the 

 fruit was still at Hawaii; the shore peoi)le therefore threw the taro into the sea, and 

 those on the canoe gathered them up. They did this until everything was gathered by 

 those on the canoe, the plants and the leaves and put them in the canoes. After- 

 wards the shore ]ieo]ile brought a tall tree which thev stood in the sand, its trunk and 

 its leaves. That plant in Hawaii nei is called J hilapej^c.'' When Apua saw this he 

 instructed his men to erect on a canoe a large plant with branches resembling the co- 

 conut. They told the shore people that it was a coconut; that it had grown and 

 sprouted, leaved and had borne fruit in Hawaii. Ptecause thev said this the halapepe 

 was thrown into the sea, and they got it and init it into the canoes. The canoes were 

 loaded with eatables, trunks and leaves when the}' landed in Hawaii nei. 



When they returned they landed at Puna, and all the plants were landed there. 

 'Hie coconut was planted there at Kahaualea'' and Kalapana ; that is where the first 



'Hoolahii ill, proclainicd it, i. c, gave puhlicily used on this accoiiiU for the carving of idols, ])nt its 



tliroiiglionl the land of its cdihle quality. perishalilc nature hardly warrants such a statement. 



'Maiiii; this part nf the eanne is now known as tlie "Kaliaualea adjoins Kalapana, in Puna, and is famed 



eurved-U]) en<l, .and cnnlil not .-iffdrd silting space for for its .aneient lieiau of Wahaula, wliieli, with the Icm- 



;i voyage. ])le of Mookiivi al Pnuepa, Kohala, marks the advent 



"Halapepe (thacacua aurca). a medium sized tree '^f '1'^' '"^'i l"''^"sl Vdiw, and the introduction of the 



fnrnishing a soft whitisli wood. Is said to have been idolatrous ritual and practices of the South Pacilic into 



these islands. 



