2i6 I'oniandcr Collection of Ilazvaiiau folk-lore. 



ARROW-SLINGING. 



It was one of the most enjoyable pastimes of old days. This is its description. 

 That would be a ,^ood arrow if it dropped at a distance of three or four times forty 

 fathoms from the ])lace of slinging-. There are various ways of slinging arrows and the 

 kinds of arrows are many also, for selection. The flower-stalk of the sugar-cane is 

 used for arrows. Here are the kinds of arrows: If it has no stems it is called the 

 Icliiia eater; if the arrow has blotches it is a man eater; if the body of the arrow is twisted 

 it is a roll; if the arrow is cut short it is a stump, and so on. As is the character of 

 the body of the arrow so is its flight. A spiral knot is made at the fore end of the 

 arrow to keep it enfolded and balance its lightness and steady it in the wind. 



Arrow-slinging was therefore a gambling game to which everybody from all 

 places could come. It was the i)ride of a skillful boy or man slinger. A very famous 

 arrow of olden time was called Pua-ne.'" 



OF COCK-FIGHTING. 



It was one of the sjjorts and a source of gambling in the grou]) of islands in 

 olden times. A cock has a trait to be looked for, and by the features a i)owerful or 

 weak rooster might be known. If the cock was of grey and white spots, or yellow, or 

 of any other color, if the voice was despicable and the fowl looked weighty and big- 

 bellied, it was called aiilia; he would run away from his opponent after the first round, 

 thereby called "aiitia." full of excrements. If the bird was of a whitish grey and the 

 x'oice agreeable, like the voice of the wild duck, and the bill black, it was a bony black 

 bill. It was very ]5owerful for three rounds and long-winded during the fight. If a 

 red bird and slow in crowing, it was a \'ery long-winded cock before its adversary. 



If the bosom of the rooster was straight that the breast could not be discerned 

 it was a ])owerful bird and could not be hit by the spurs of an opponent. Cocks arc 

 of various kinds and characteristics. If property was wagered, or other things per- 

 ha]is, then cock-fighting was kept up continousl\', to keep the birds in ]M-actice for 

 dodging and slii)i)ing under the wings [of opponents], that their combs might not be 

 injured, nor [themselves] struck by the spurs. 



Counts made by a rooster were of great importance. If the fowl was -vrong 

 in kicking it was a count. If strong at pecking it was a count; if strong at striking 

 with the wings it was a count; if the adversary ran away it was a count. If that one 

 rooster possessed all the counts, it was a powerful bird, it could get three or four 

 o])ponents. 



The strongest birds were those smoked in the house. This is the method ; Light 

 a fire beneath the roost with the cock thereon directly over the fire. The smoke would 

 ascend until it reached the eyes, the water poured out leaving the eyes dry and looking 

 this side and that of the smoke. That was the cock skillful in foiling and dodging, 

 and could not be ])ecked. Such was Kcri^'aiiliclcinoa. one of the celebrated fighting cocks 

 of Hawaii nei in olden times. 



"Piia-ne is from the story of Hiku and Kavvelu. 



