Relating to Amusements. 



A 



CHAPTER I. 



OF THE KILU. 



LONG shed is built with poles standing in rows in the manner of a stockade. It 

 is six yards and over in witUh, and forty yards in length thatched with cane 

 leaves and pili grass on the outside. The body of the kilu is a regular water- 

 gourd and cut about the middle [lengthwise] of the gourd. It is worked to a good 

 finish and spotted on the outside like a Niihau calabash. The lamp to illuminate the 

 night is made of iiki' and ini'iinci.' certain ])lants which grow on Hawaii and in other 

 parts of this group. 



The time for the i)erformance of the kilu is from the evening until cock-crow. At 

 sunrise it has ceased. INlany people attend during its performance, coming from all 

 around, men, women, children, old women and old men. They dress up nicci)' and then 

 go to the kilu. 



Here is the method [of the performance]. Two poles are placed on each side, 

 leaving a vacant space between them, not to be occupied by the ])eople. The poles are 

 of iilcr wood, the tops of which are decorated with chicken feathers. The winning of 

 one side over the other is when the kilu strikes the pole. One strike counts five. Upon 

 reaching forty the game is won. When one is beaten he must dance ; that is the penalty. 



Of the chanting. During the progress of the game the kilu i)layer chants as fol- 

 lows : 



Loanable is the lover of the woods, 



The eyes looking crossly at the moani.* 

 And seeing" the tiovvers, smiles appear ; 

 They are leaning towards moeawakea.' 

 Methinks that Malio" is forgotten. 

 Charmed with the wreath flowers of Hao.' 

 Puna is the repository of the winds, 

 Long guarded over by the Puulena,* 

 For a beloved one. 

 Greeting. 



Then he throws the gourd, and if the shot misses and does not touch the pole, 



the scorer remarks : 



Missed, missed by a wide margin ; 



Kapakapaka,'' that is not the pole. 



'Uki (DiaitcUa odorotnK ;\ pithy plain, llcnvcrs senile- 'Inclined towards a noon sleep, 



what sweet-scented. "Miilio, designating a person by liidden meaning. 



= ('«■/»«'/ (Kcidmi CookUum). a fragrant plant in leaf, 'Ihw.a. line tree ( Ramcolfin SiiiidzeiclH-iisis), figurative 



or blossom, as is its smoke also in burning. ,,f the objective ])ersoii in the game, man or woman. 



'Ulci (Osli-oiiu-lcs iinthyUidifulia). s. shrub of straight W'anie of a cold wind; hidden figurative term for the 



growth, its wood of fine, hard grain, furnishing poles, /.//„ gourd, 



spears, etc. 'The meaning is not given, but niav be understood 



*A word used to designate the person or object aimed as hoka, careless, blundering, 

 at. 



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