14S I'ornandcr Collection of Hawaiian folk-lore. 



AUGURY FOR INITIATION. 



When one is learning spearsnianship efficiency must be certified to by the ini- 

 tiation ceremony. If a pig was to be the sacrifice, the spear instructor would examine 

 it after beino- cooked and taken from the oven. If he was satisfied that the pig of the 

 ceremony was appropriate he would say: "the ceremony is well." 



AUSPICES OF THE INITIATION CEREMONY. 



The perfectness of the graduation ceremony of the scholar in s])earsmanship de- 

 pended upon the uncracked condition of the roasted pig, and the completeness of all the 

 work done from the initial lesson to the time of the ceremon\-. Then only was the ser- 

 vice considered perfect. 



AN IMPERFECT CEREMONY. 



If the instructor in spear hurling noticed that the roasted pig was defective, per- 

 hai)s a crack on its back, then the back of the novitiate would be pierced by his opponent 

 in battle. Wherever cracks appeared on the initiation pig there would the injuries be 

 inflicted on the person of the scholar. According to the priest's ordinances so would be 

 the result. 



65. OF THE PROFESSION OF BONE BREAKING. 



Bone breaking was a profession of hostility; it was taught in preparation for 

 the day of battle or other encounters ; it was practiced to guard against the strength of 

 an opponent intending to inflict an injury. But practicing bone breaking did not always 

 bring victory to one having an excellent knowledge of the profession. If a person had 

 great strength and was uninstructed in the profession of bone breaking, his great 

 strength would not avail him against a feeble old man who was skilled in bone breaking. 

 Of two experts in bone breaking who had the same instructions, if one had more 

 strength than the other, the stronger would be victorious. 



Of bone breaking. Pikoi'''' and bone breaking constitute this profession. When 

 a person desired to learn the profession, he was taught b\- the instructor in the ordi- 

 nances of bone breaking deity, strictly obeying the counsels of the instructor. During 

 the course of instruction only ten evenings or ten noon times were occujiied, after 

 which the augury pig was roasted. If the ])ig was faultless in its preparation, then his 

 bone breaking practice would be successful. But if the augury pig was faulty, chinked 

 ])erhaps, the instructor would say: "It is of no use seeking to learn bone l)reaking, be- 

 cause, where the i)ig was cracked, there an injury would be inflicted." 



An incident of Kekuaokalani. During his instruction in the profession of bone 

 breaking, and after the augury pig was roasted, the whole pig was faultless except for 

 a chink on the leg. His instructor then said in accordance witli the rites of the order 

 of priesthood: "It will not be safe for yctu to go into engagements of war or of any 

 other conflict, because you will receive an injury in the same ])lace as the chink on your 

 pig." But Kekuaokalani did not pay attention to the words of his bone breaking instruc- 



"Pikoi, a stone or lianl-wood weapon fastened to a cord, used in robbing and plundering. 



