-iT) Poniandcr CoUcctiait of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



other instruction of the king,' to you?" The former answered: "There was instruction 

 indeed. This is his behest ; that we should watch over you until two ten-day periods 

 elapsed, when he would send a man hither who was to be informed by us of your 

 state, and he was to return and report to the king, who would then come up and strip 

 all your bones." 



Kawelo said: "How many anahulus are yet left,"" when some one of them 

 sliall come to inquire?" "There are only four days more,"' wlien they will come up." 

 Then he instructed his brother-in-law to draw up the ladder, because it was the place 

 where the body had been placed. It was on a hill, all the points of which were un- 

 scalable"- by men, l^ecause it was steep on all sides, and only by way of this ladder could 

 those who desired to inspect this hill reach it. Immediately the ladder was drawn up 

 and placed on the top; Kawelo said: "Listen! If in the course of staying, one from 

 l)elow should be sent hither, and should call out to let down the ladder, do not consent. 

 Instead, say to him that only with strength can the top be reached." "It is agreed," 

 t!ie brother-in-law replied. 



They lived on and four days passed by. On the fifth day Kawelo, however, 

 being asleep, the brother-in-law espied the man who had come up and began to weep. 

 When the wife heard the wailing of the husband, she said: "What are these tears for?" 

 The other answered: "Why c[uestion you regarding these tears; they are for death. 

 Ill-fate will soon come." Not very long ajfterwards, the one that had been sent to 

 inquire after the corpse of the deceased called out: "Lower the ladder that I may 

 ascend to examine the body of the dead one." The other replied with fear: "The lad- 

 der will not be lowered for you. Only with the greatest strength can the top be in- 

 s])ected." The man replied: "Whence, indeed, is that power of resistance of yours? 

 1 supi)osed vou were stationed to care for the corjxse, but lo! you two are placed to re- 

 sist. What of it, anyhow? I am going back and report this action of yours to the 

 king; 1 will explain that the corpse of Kawelo cannot be obtained, except only with 

 force shall it be secured." 



CHAPTER VI. 



Till': KiNC, Advised of the Refusal to Permit Inspection, Sends a Guard to 

 Slay the Caretakers. — Kawelo Assumes Defence of the Hill and Hurls 

 Rocks Upon the Guards Till One Only Is Left to Tell the King of Their 

 Destruction. 



As the man returned and reached the house of the king, who exclaimed: "Say, 

 how quick is the mission thither!" The other said: "Was it a successful ascent? 

 Indeed, as i set out thither and arrived at the foot of the hill, 1 called out for the 

 ladder to be lowered, but the others did not let it down. Instead, he asserted that it 

 would not be lowered, and that only with force can we reach thereon. That is what 



"°Kawelo"s inquiry must have had reference to the he should revive when but four days remained of the 



numl)er of days of the two anahuhis remaining. period of royal decree. 



"'Tliis is coincident tlial indications of Kawelo's dc- "'Locating hciaus on liill tops was not uncommon, scv- 



compnsilion sliould 1>c noted on tlic fonrtli day, and that oral of which were inaccssihlc save through great clloii. 



