36 Pomander Collection of Haivaiian Folk-lore. 



And the king- offered bananas and coconuts as sacrifices ; the king did not offer 

 pigs, as sacrifices, to the deities this day. After this they went ovU and left the temple. 

 And in the evening the priests, together with the deities, went to the courtyard of the 

 temple, to offer the short prayer called kano. After this and on the second niglit the 

 priests returned to the temple, all by themselves this night. This prayer was called ka- 

 lakii. In the morning the king awoke and went into the temple, and gifts of numerous 

 pigs and great quantities of bananas and coconuts were brought forth, and on this day 

 they prayed earnestly and showed great reverence for the deities. And the king off'ered 

 all these many valuable things to the deities, showing the king's great love, this day, as 

 also the priest. The people broiled the pigs to the number of three times forty (one 

 hundred and twenty ) ; the people made great exultation with loud voice, on this day of 

 their devotion. Then the altar was closed so that they all might not pray there. When 

 the praying had ended the king offered the pigs, the coconuts and the bananas, with great 

 love in his heart for the deity. The king then said: "O god, this is the onlv time 1 shall 

 see thee, and the only time thou shalt see me." After this |)rayer they left the temple go- 

 ing to their houses. 



And when the pigs were cooked, and the king's great share was brought out, 

 about twice forty pigs, the king ])arceling them out to the ordinary chiefs, a hind (|uarter 

 each: to the higher chiefs, the breast: to the lowest chiefs the flanks ; and to the common 

 l)eo])le the loose meat. After this and when it was evening, the king and the priest and 

 the deities and all the chiefs all joined in a service by the king and the priest, which was 

 called kaiiu'ila'" and they prayed with great love in their hearts toward the deity. 

 There was no raining this evening, being sacred to the king's kaira'ila service. After the 

 praying the king offered the pigs, the coconuts and the bananas as sacrifices. After the 

 king- had made his oft'ering to the deity, they left the temi)le, and behold ! the evening was 

 calm (clear), the people said, "this kanivUa service of the king was excellent; we are in- 

 deed safe." 



During the night a number of the lesser priests came with the high i)riest to pray 

 in the temple. The king did not accompany them at this time. They ])rayed earnestly 

 this night. The high priest then told the lesser priests, "'^'ou must repeat all our prayers 

 tonight: this is the only time we have to petition them (the deities)." They (the 

 priests) did not sleep at all this night. And early in the morning they awakened the 

 gods saying: "Arise ye, O Ku, O Lono. O Kane, O Kanaloa, it is daylight." Such was 

 the way that they acted with great falsification before these images this night. And all 

 the peo])le and all the chiefs exclaimed : "How the priests have kept awake all through the 

 night !" 



And when it was broad daylight, the king came to the temple to oft"er to the deities 

 the pigs and the bananas and the coconuts, after which they conducted a small service 

 called liahia. in which the king off'ered some more sacrifices to the deities. They then 

 went out and left the temple, going to the House of l'ai)a, where they would remain all 

 day. And when all the peoijle and the chiefs had gathered and off'ered a prayer, the king- 

 commanded some men to broil a number of dogs — about ten — for the female deities. 



'"The hiuiihi was a sacrificial offering at the close of a kal^u. 



