fallen is I he Chief. 



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For him is the night, for him the day, 



For him are the seasons, the winter, the 

 snmnier, 



Tlie m()nths, the seven stars of heaven now 

 present. 



All valuahle property, above and below, 

 105. The chief holds all fixed property: 



All property that floats ashore, all fowls 

 that light U])on the land. 



The thick-shelled broad backed turtle, the 

 dead whales cut up. 



Anil the annually a])pearing ului. 



Let the chief live the highest ! let him ever 

 live a chief ! 

 1 10. Let him be bdriie along with honor among 

 the short gods and the long gods. 



Let him go forth fearlessly, the chief in 

 l)ossession of the island. 



Get up a dance, dance upon the dance- 

 ground ; 



Let the dancers rise and fall in ranks 

 throughout the islands. 



As in going up and down along the tire- 

 some road through Hilo, 

 115. And passing on from ridge to ridge. 



Spoiled meat are Kau and Puna. 



Nona ka po, nona ke ao, 

 A, nona ke kau, ka hooilo, ka makalii,'' 

 Ka malama,* ka huihui hoku lani e kau nei. 

 Ke kapolapilau'' oluna olalo ; 



105. No ke alii ka ukana kikoola ;" 



O ka haopae,' o ka manu pae i ka honua, 

 O ka ea*" makaulii mo ka palaoa, 

 Ka uhu" kai o ka makahiki. 

 Xiaupio'" ka lani, ke kupa ai au," 



110. Kaa niau'- ka lana, ke 'knapoko, ke 'kua- 

 loa ; 

 Holo kapapa,'-' a he aliiaimoku o ka lani ; 

 Ku ka hula,'* haa ka papa haa, 

 Ulu papa''""' mahimahi na moku, 

 I ka pii,'" i kana pii, pii ke ala o ana Hilo, 



115. I kana lapa" i kana lapa. 

 lo alaulau Kau me Puna ;'* 



'A iiona ke kau hooilo. the six months of winter, the same as kau makalii, the six summer months. 



*Ka nialama, the month, the seven stars now in sight. 



'Ke kapola pilau, ist, the property of a cliicf of all kinds and everywhere; 2d, the steward or person who liad 

 the charge of such property. 



"No ke alii ka ukana, property that may be transferred or carried from place to place, but ukana kikoola. 

 property not able to be carried on account of its weight or quantity, as we say, fixed property. 



'O ka haopae, property that floats ashore from the sea, as it was called in former times because the most valu- 

 able property from the sea was the iron, hao. from wreckage ; ka manu pae. Ijirds driven here by the winds perhaps ; 

 i ka honua. upon the land. 



'O ka ea ka honu. the sea turtle; makaulii. broad-backed, thick-shelled; mo ka palaoa, iiio for inuku, ka pa- 

 laoa. the ivory of dead whales. For Kamehanieha is the broad-backed turtle, and the whale ivory. 



"Ka uhu kai, uhu, naine of a fish that made its appearance and came ashore once a year. 



"Niaupio ka lani, epithet of the only, the highest chief, hence in blessing him they said, "e niau pio ka lani," 

 let the king live forever, as in the Eastern countries. 



"Ke kupa ai au, 0/ «», constantly, continually, forever may Kamehanieha live a chief. 



"Ka niau, to wrap in the leaves of the niau, kaa, to swathe, to bind up, to go around as a piece of land; 

 kaaniau signifies to bind up as a dead body and carry about a country. Ka lana. this applies to uprightness and 

 excellence of Kameliameha ; let him be celebrated along with the short god and the long god. Their gods accom- 

 panied the high chief wherever they went. (See .Antiquities.) 



"Holo kapapa, to go quietly, in peace; kuapapa, all quiet, no enemies; a he alii, and is a chief in possession 

 of tlie island — the chief, i. e.. Kamehanieha. O ka lani synonymous with alii ainioku. 



"Ku ka hula, hoala ia hua. to get up a dance, they dance; ka papa he hahuu. a pleasant, even, sniootli ground 

 for dancing. This practice of getting up a dance in Iionor of a celebrated man is not unknown in Cliristian 

 countries. 



"Ulu papa, ulu, to rise up and down as in some dances ; ulu papa mahimahi, the rise and fall in classes like 

 the mahimahi (name of a fish), which moves in shoals, so the people follow Kaniehaineha throughout the islands. 



"I ka pii, in leaping, jumping in the dance; i kanapii, of this and that one; pii ke ala, so goes up and down 

 the path ; o ana, suffering to get to Hilo, dancing up and down is like going in the fatiguing road to Hilo froin 

 Hamakua. By this it appears that the heathen dance was an up and down movement. 



"I kana lapa, from one ridge to anotlier. 



"To. meat, flesh; alaulau, bad meat, hurt, spoiled. Kau and Puna are putrid meat. 

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