100 Pomander Collection of Hawaiian Polk-lorc. 



will come tomorrow. If it rains tonight, there is indeed a comjjlaint and I will come in 

 the morning; if it does not rain tonight I will not come." Thus one medical priest 

 would sav providing it was calm at the time that he was talking before instructing the 

 messenger. Another medical ])riest would reply, if it was raining at the time that he was 

 called ui)on to visit a patient: "You go back: tomorrow I will come. If a calm prevails 

 throughout this night without rain then 1 will come: if the rain continues till morning I 

 will not come." Such would be the reply of some priests before visiting and seeing, or 

 treating the patient. 



Of the signs relating to the order of priesthood, the opinions of the priests did not 

 quite agree ; some were of one, and some of another opinion. Just as one was familiar with 

 one sign so was another familiar with another sign. 



OF THE RAlNliOW. 



The rainbow was sometimes called "inakalc."" The views of the priests on this 

 omen of the priesthood did not coincide: in the judgment of some the rainbow was an 

 auspicious sign if it stood in a favorable position, while in the opinion of others it was un- 

 favorable if it did not meet the occasion. 



This is the re])ly a medical priest would make if called ujion to come and minister 

 unto a patient: "I will not come today, but you go home and watch this night: if the nia- 

 kolc (rainbow ) appears tonight or in the morning then I will not come: but if the night be 

 clear until daylight, then it is well and I will surely ctmie." Another priest would say this 

 regarding the rainbow: "As you are going to watch this evening; if the rainbow appears 

 I will come to minister unto the sick because it accords with my course of healing, but 

 if the rainbow arches not till the night is over, then my method is rejected." Therefore 

 all auguries of the ])riesthood mentioned in this account were either for good or evil and 

 such like. 



35. OF THE EXCREMENTS. 



This was one of the auguries which opposed benefits or blessings; right or wrong, 

 the serf or the free; life or death, according to the conceptions of some who were en- 

 dowed with the i)riesthood. Thus: If a priest was called to visit a patient, or for some 

 other purpose; and while on the way to the patient if he came across this sign, he could 

 not go to minister unto any patient, because this augury of the priesthood stood forth. 

 But if one supposed that he had a good claim, or a benefit at some place, thinking that he 

 would receive a blessing or a benefit at such ])lace as he had hoped, and while on the 

 way he came across this sign, then it would be p\nm to him that his expectations would 

 not be realized, because he had already met with that which would hinder his progress. 

 This, however, did not ajiply to a person expecting to receive that which he ho])ed for in 

 another island, or different district, but to the neighboring places only. 



If one had been brought to account for transgression, and he felt that he would be 

 condemned before the king or court, and if, while on the way he labored with excrement 

 then he knew that he would not be found guiltv. On the other hand, if a jjerson who al- 



-Makole, a term usually given to a person with inflamed eyes. Its application to tlie rainbow lias refer- 

 ence to its flaming color. Kualii. on one occasion, was called a "iiuiholc" for his lirilliant robes. 



