214 Pnniaiulcr Collect ion of Ifaicaiiaii Polk-lorc. 



Kinikaupuu, 



The one who ate the banana of Kahiioi. ^™ 



1 ate not your banana. ^H 

 When the sun rises there is warmth. 

 There are leiea and Poopahi. 

 The fishermen of Makahi ; 

 They are whipping the long fish-line. 

 P.y fishing with the line, wife collects [the fish] 

 While the children climb the coconut tree. 

 That is the coconut, yet you beg; 

 It is not to be had, not even by you. 



THE PUZZLE. 



A long rope one fathom and over in length [is required]. It is a gambling 

 game, even to one's ])erson being wagered. To lock and to unlock the puzzle were two 

 calls. Choose either locked or unlocked, afid if the call was correct and so forth, the 

 wager was won. A song was first chanted: 



There it is ; there it is ; 



The well-known wreath of Ililo, 



With the three-stranded line of Ikua. 



Hanalei is grumbling ; 



Grumbling at the fish inlet 



At Kawainni. Sluggishly 



Lingers th.e Kualau rain 



The weary enjoys a residence in Kaukaopua. 



O my beloved husband. 



A blos.som of i\Iana, 



With parents at Koolau, 



With parents at the cliff of Honopu, 



Parents at tlie beloved cliff'. 



Then one player savs to the other: "Our beloved one, locked or unlocked, which 

 do vou choose?" If he chooses the unlocked and it is locked, then he looses, and so on. 



GAME OF KOI. 



It is a gambling game, and here is an explanation. A round stone like an iron 

 ball, a sloping runwav about an arm's length in depth. A trench-like contrivance is 

 made with a curve, like a water-course. When the ball comes to a stop without being 

 overtaken by another, then the game is won. After winning and the stakes are lost to 

 the other side, the winner exclaims in reviling tones: 



Beloved is the cliff' of Koloa : 



The front facing W'aihanau. 



Alas, the brother 



Returning to the long barren shore empty-handed. 



Long! O how long is the returning. 



