QO Poniaudcr Collection of Hazvaiian Polk-lorc. 



Of a canoe dream. This was one of the unfavorable signs relating to the sub- 

 ject of healing- by some people. If a medical man thought of going to treat a patient, if 

 he had been called u])on on the ])revious day and had resolved to go and heal the per- 

 son for whom he was called, if he had a dream the night before in which he saw a canoe, 

 the medical man would say : "It is not proper for me to go, because there was an unfavor- 

 able dream in the night." 'i'his was a customary sign among this people from ancient 

 times to the present day, and it is not known when these signs will ])ass awav in the fu- 

 ture. 



This omen did not i)ertain to the office of healing only, but also to other callings of 

 the people. It pertained to the offices of a medical man, to agriculture, to fishing, and 

 other like vocations, for, if a man had intended on a previous day to go fishing, with the 

 hope of catching some fish, and had made all his preparations for so doing, and dreamt 

 the night before an unfavorable dream, then the person who made such iire]:)arations 

 for fishing could not go, because there was an unfavorable dream in the night. So 

 would a person who had hoped to gain personal benefit through some vocation, if he had 

 a canoe dream after meditating on his expected gain, then he would not succeed in his in- 

 tentions. 



21. ANOTHER INTERPRETATION OF A CANOE DREAM. 



Supposing that a person was occupied in pleasant reflections without any thought 

 of being unduly arrested, but such person was susjiected of being a criminal or an of- 

 fender, and as such was sent for and brought before the king, or landlord perhaps, if he 

 had a canoe dream the night before being brought before the king, then such person sus- 

 pected of being a criminal or offender would say: "I will not be in danger, because a 

 canoe dream was had in the night, for death liu'ks in the day, but the night contradicts 



it." 



Supposing a person was sometimes meditating, with hopes onl}', that he had great 

 lawful ijrivileges, thinking that he would not be condemned for the otfense that he was 

 complained of before the king, or judge perhaps, and he had a canoe dream in the night, 

 then the favor would not be obtained by him before the place of judgment. And if 

 these omens were first revealed to such a person, other signs of a like nature would also 

 be noticed. 



22. ANOTHER VERSION OF A CANOE DREAM. 



Canoe dream means a canoe as seen in a dream. If a canoe was seen in a 

 dream and one actually boarded it; or if one saw a canoe coming toward or going from 

 him; or a canoe on dry land, all are related to the canoe dream. Canoe dreams are of 

 two divisions, favorable and unfavorable. (The unfavorable division of the canoe dream 

 has already been ex])lained. ) The persons, however, who were accustomed to this 

 omen of the office of healing did not altogether agree upon its interpretation. To some 

 a canoe dream was aus])icious and beneficial, providing it related to property. 



23. A FAVORABLE CANOE DREAM. 



If in a sleep a canoe dream occurred and the actual hand lifting and launching of a 

 canoe or canoes from land into the sea and loading it with freight until it was filled took 



