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Poniandcr i'ollciiioii of Haivaiian Folk-lore. 



130. The stron,!:;- ladder that shall not be broken, 

 Xut by this chief shall [he] it be broken. 

 Kaluilui is a conch shell, the chief is a 



fence around the island. 

 .\ hinh one, a high one is the chief Keake- 



alani indeed, 

 Kanaloa is another liit^h chief, 

 135. So are Keawe and Kalanikauleleiaiwi. 



Collected [united] of one color are hams 



of the chiefs. 

 The flesh (one colored hams meet in royal 



fat,) unites in the chiefs remnant, 

 Kalaninuiiamaniao, Kalaninuiieaumoku, 

 Kekuiamamao the seven-fold sacred 



(kapu) : 

 140. Ei,t,dit times by the kapu, the kajni of the 



chief. 

 The firsl-li<irn chief of the thunder. 

 When llie slnmL;- thunder sounds, 

 The chief, the Kin;; Kauhil(in<ih(imia, 

 The liL;htuiuL; smute the llinamahuia, 

 145. The smoiith pebbles for redness in the cen- 

 ter of an oven 

 \\'hen the stones are thrown open, tiie 



steam, the strong heat ; 

 \\'hen the little stones are red hot from the 



burning fire. 

 The burning stones, the oven stones on fire. 

 The small stones thrown out being red hot, 

 1 50. Kalolapupukaohonokawailani, 

 Kalanikekumaieiwakamoku, 

 Kalaniku|)uapaikalaninni. 

 They three were united, united at one 



place ; 

 The chiefs were united at the royal baking- 

 oven, 

 155. .\nointed with the fat, with the fat (wai) 



of men : 

 The cliiefs united were mixed together lil-ce 



pia ground with water : 

 C'.round up mixed till ropy, mixed till ropy ; 

 The chiefs mix like the long sea shell 



makaloloaulani ( with many convolu- 



ti<.>ns ), 

 The shell makaliliko. 

 ido. The shell called the likoliko so is the chief; 

 They had one a])pearance, that of chiefs. 

 Four, five to one chief for them. 

 The charge is, be still, 'twas death to make 



a noise. 



The heavens were awed, the island was 



silent, 

 165. Hawaii was under a kapu, he is the chief 



by acclamation ; 

 .A rigid kapu, it shoots up and spreads 



abroad extensively. 

 The fine roots run deep, it is examined by 



Lono. 

 My yellow grass is Maheha. 

 The man indeed blackens the water, Ka- 



welo himself. 

 170. The floater which causes Wailua to float, 

 Yea truly Wailua is a house, 

 A long house for Kawelo ; 

 A room set apart, (kapu) sacred as a place 



for births : 

 A chief having the side fins of a fish 

 175. ^^'ilh sh;irp prickles set u|)on the scales 



u\« HI the tail. 

 [t i.s under kapu, the pit ( mokilaula ) for 



Kawelo, 

 A child born indeed from the eight 

 Certain blossoms [chiefs] of royal birth, 



unlike others : 

 Blos.soms renowned called Kanikawi. 

 180. Above on the leaf called Laumalahea, 



The forbidden branch called riinnehei- 



kona ; 

 Ulumeheikona — e — 

 Like a strong Kona wind is the internal 



love. 

 It now strikes violently within the lx)Som 

 185. Exciting like cold water the crown of the 



head ; 

 Like water from the mountam — le — 

 These (o ke aloha) are the burdens 



[loads] perhaps that belong to liv- 

 ing [life]. 

 If lx)rne away there will be disappointment 



[shame]. 

 Gratuitously giving much so great will the 



reproach be ; 

 ii;o. (living on throug"h<>ut the dav 



That is the reward, your inheriting the 



pain. 

 It is a pain of your own making. 

 He who vilely slantlers another, he is the 



wrong doer. 

 That which goes proudly and wickedly 



forth indeed is the wind. 



