1' alien is flic Chief. 



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Their bodies carried off, the land is use- 

 less ; 



Cut up in patches, the people live by 

 sufferance. 



Kai na kino,^* ka aina lapa wale, 



Ka hoonioku hoomoku^^ wale iho no. 



Canto \". 



This has grown into an island sacrifice by 

 the chief, 

 135. O Malelekuala, O Pokikaina, (J Kahuaole, 

 O Naka, 



O Kakae, son of Kahekili, the offering- 

 prayer is now made. 



The sacrifice is proclaimed aloud t<.) the 

 one father; 



The fresh honors of his kingdom 



Are drawn along before him as a dead 

 body slain in battle : 

 140. They are dragged hither, the districts are 

 drawn with ropes. 



Who is this person, (3 chief, now to be 

 offered in sacrifice? 



Let the multitude shout alou<l. We, we 

 two here, men of Kukapalani, 



From above is the man to be sacrificed. 



What sacrifice is this? .\ sacrifice of the 

 Island. 

 145. The chief has a royal robe, the swelling- 

 bud of a chief is his child. 



The prayer by night and by day belongs 

 to the priest declaring ancient times. 



Pauku V. 

 He ulu alanamoku' keia e ka lani, 



135. E Malelekuala, e Pokikaina, e Kahuaole, e 



Naka;- 

 E Kakae,^ a Kahekili ke kani mai nei ka 



alana, 

 Ke oho* alana makuakahi, — 

 Ka hulu kupu'' o kona au. 

 Kc kokoia'' mai nei me he heana la : 



140. Ke kauo ia n-iai nei,' ke koloa mai nei ka 

 moku, 



Owai la ke kanaka,* e ka lani, e alana mai 

 nei? 



O hooleia ae,'' o n-iaua o maua nei o Kuka- 

 palani, 



No luna ke kanaka'" e alana mai nei, 



He alana aha la keia? He alana moku. 



145. Me hulu alii'' ko ke alii, he liko alii kama — 

 ke — 

 Ka haipo me ka haiao,'- ko ke kahuna hai 

 kupua ;' ■ 



■'Kaina kino, i. e., kaiiia kino, kai to carry off, to seize, kaina bodily. Hilo is full of ridges (olapa's) ren- 

 dered useless for cultivation. 



"°Ka lioomoku, the people of Hilo, Puna and Kau having lost their lands now stay on lands not their own. 

 Hoonioku, to place a person over a moku. district of country. 



'lie ulu alananioku. ulu to grow like a tree, alanamoku, a sacrifice for a district. Keia, these lands have all 

 grown up into a sacrifice by the cliief, i. e., Kamehameha. 



■E Malele kuala, Pokikaina. Kahuaole, Naka, names of ancient chiefs to whom Kamehameha is likened. 



"E Kakae. the son of Kahekili, names still applied to Kamehameha ; ke kani mai nei ka alana, to sing, to pray, 

 i. e.. the offering. 



'Ke oho, proclaim aloud, as many voices in praise proclaim the sacrifice to the one father, "live forever." 

 (See I. TOQ. ) 



'■'Ka hulu kupu, the new feathers, new hair, hence the fresh or growing glories of Kamehameha, i. c, of his 

 liiinnr, liis army, his wealth; o kona au, of his kingdom. 



"Ke kokoia, to lead on. to be drawn or dragged backward and forward as a dead body of one slain in battle ; 

 this applies to the districts, lands and people taken by Kamehameha. 



'Kc kauo ia mai nei, they are dragged hither, the districts, lands, people: ke koloa, to draw as with a rope 

 the moku. i. e.. Hilo, Puna, Kau. 



"Owai ke kanaka, who is the person to be sacrificed by Kamehameha. This is the language of the poet. 



"O hooleia, the is the answer to the question owai ; hooleia is for hoohohoolei, to shout aloud, to cry out 

 as many. O maua, the poet and his assistant, we two, we two here, Kukapalani o Kamehameha. 



'°\o luna ke kanaka, from above is the inan to offer the sacrifice. 



"lie hulu alii, the dress, the ornament, the external appearance of the chief is what belongs to him; he liko, 

 the bud, first shoot of a chief is his child; kc «, syllable used in cantillating. 



"Ke haipo me ka haiao, haipo, the prayer offered by the priest in the temple (heiau) by night; haiao, the same 

 offered by day. 



' Ko ke kahuna hai kupua, it belnngs tn the priest to declare ancient transactions. (See .Antiquities.) 



