6o I'oniaudcr CoUccfion of Ha^i'aiiaii I'olk-lorc. 



Here is the fourtli: If the diviner saw that tlio liouse of a commoner stood in a 

 nice level place which had not before been bniit upon, then he would say: "This is a good 

 house, and the location is clear: a chief will enter this house, because a' chief's house 

 stands on a prominence." 



Here is the fifth: If a house was Imilt at the slope of the cliffs with the front of 

 the house partly facing the cliffs, or kalianaliaiia pali perhaps, then the diviner would say: 

 ■'This is a bad location ; it is an incaukaha. and its meaning is the same as that of the house 

 on the Iclcopu and Iiolua sites, and the end would be the death of the j^eople living therein; 

 safety only could be had by leaving that place." 



5. OTHER UNFAVOR.XBLI-: LOCATIONS. 



If a house was built right on a burying place, then the diviner would say: "This is 

 a bad location, one of lamenting noises, which will result in the death of all, safetv being 

 only assured by removal." 



And again: If the location where the house stood was good, as also the position 

 of the house, yet if the location was crossed by a highway which passed the door and 

 continued on, if the door was at the corner, or at the front, then the diviner would say 

 "This is a bad location, an ainio* and those who live therein would be afflicted with contin- 

 ual illness, safety being only in removal." 



And again: If a house was erected right in the temple [enclosure] with the knowl- 

 edge of the builder, then the diviner would say: "This is a bad location; it is a deep pit 

 because it is situated in a i^lace of gloom. Not one of those who would dwell in that house 

 would live. In the same manner that a man enters the high rolling surf, he would be 

 lost." 



6. I)I\INIXC. ON THE ERECTION OF HOUSES. 



If a house was Ixnng erected, and the posts were set and the i^late for the rafters 

 laid on and fastened l^y tying with ropes, and afterwards that which was fastened was 

 taken oiif again, perhai)s because it was found that the positions of the posts were not uni- 

 form, so that one or more posts must be drawn out of their holes, the diviner, on inspec- 

 tion, when he sees that the house was being built that way would say: "The house is 

 improper : the owner will not dwell long therein before he goes to another place. In the 

 same manner that he removed one of the posts, so would he discontinue to live in the 

 house." 



If the house was being erected and the posts were set, the rafters put up and fast- 

 ened, or perhaps battened with sticks and thatched and then taken to pieces, its divination 

 was as those mentioned in the next above paragraph ; jjut if the house belonged to the 

 king and it was being thatched by an overseer of a division of land, or of a district, or of 

 an island, then the divination mentioned in the first i)aragraph of this number would 

 not apply. 



If i^osts, however, were withdrawn while erecting a house for the king, then the 

 tenor of a former i^aragrai^h in relation to the king's house so erected would not be 



'Amio, liable to gusts of wind from the rear; whirlwind, etc. 



