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180. 



Foniamicr Collection of fhrMiiiaii Folk-lore. 



190. 



It was caught with a mpc, the voice 



soothing the island was a net, 

 It was well fed with the hait, it was choked 180. 



with the cuttle-fish. 

 Me fed the small rtsli, he gathered them 



together like the honito, 

 He filled their open mouths with the bait. 

 Streams of country people of the island 



follow : 

 Here the red tail of the land sweeps 



around 

 Like a well fed favorite dog. 183. 



Shall these lands escape from Kaiolenaka- 



mau, 

 The first of .soldiers that ever appeared ? 

 He is a soldier of uncommon personage, 



strangely unlike another, 

 The hair of his head stands erect ; 

 Bristling upwards are the hairs of the 190. 



head of Keohohiwa. 

 A dark redness all over had the chief ; 

 A ferocious boar, a swine strong rooting, 

 Up-turning the islands ; 

 The island is enlarged by the chief, he 



obtained it in the day of [his] 



strength. 



l"a hei^" aku la i ke kaula, i ka upena niali- 



moku he leo ; 

 1 kupalu ia i ka maunu," puna ka waha i 



ka muhee ; 

 I 'a hanai^'* ia i ka iao, ua hoolulu ia me he 



aku la, 

 I kimokimoia^'' i ka hauna, 

 Hahai''" w ini auka ka moku ; 

 Eia ke ka mai nei''^ ka hielo ula o ka aina. 



Me he ilio wekr'''- moe poll la. 

 E pakele ia aina''" ia Kaiolenakamau, 

 I ke kumu''^ o ke koa i puka mai ai ; 

 He kino pahaohao'''' o ke koa, he ouli e 



wale no, 

 E wanahina^" ana ke poo, 



E okalakala''" ana i luna na oho o Keoho- 

 hiwa, 

 He nioano-hiwa-puni''- ka lani, 

 He kea"^ makaiolelepa, he puaa eku ikaika, 

 E haulani ana'" i na moku — e — a — 

 Puipui ka moku''' o ka lani — a — he loaa 

 i ka la ikaika. 



"Ua hei akula, they are caught as with a rope, i. e., those lands with their chiefs and people; hei represents 

 the action of throwing the lasso.. / ka upcna, by a net, with the voice of flattery. 



"I kupaki ia i ka muhee, Kamehanieha fattened them with the bait, puua ; they were choked with the muhee 

 (a tish), the bait sticking in their throats. 



'"Ua hanai i ka iao, they were fed with the iao, a species of small fish, i. e., Kamehameha fed them. Hoo- 

 lulu — hooalualu, to collect, to gather; they were gathered like the aku, a species of fish which swim in shoals and 

 can be baited by feeding them and afterwards caught in great quantities. 



'"I kimokimo, dogs were fed by throwing them on their back and as they opened their mouths a person would 

 drop a fish into their open mouth, that was kimokimo, the fish was called hauna. 



'"Hahai, being thus fed the dog would follow his master. Wini auka, a great multitude, ka moku, the people, 

 as Kamehameha fed and fattened the people, they followed him in long trains. 



"Eia ke ka mai nei, the expression of the poet. Ka, to sweep, to brush around like the tail of a horse, hielo — 

 huelo, tail ; here by the coming of Kameliameha sweeps around the red tail of the land. 



'"Me he ilio welu, welu well fed ; moe poll la, like a well fed dog that lies in the bosom, i. e., a favorite. 



°'E pakele ia aina, these lands, i. e., Hilo, Puna, Kail ; e pakele ia aina, an affirmative form, but the meaning 

 is negative, i. e., they shall not escape. Kaiole na kamau, name of Kamehameha. 



"I ka kumu, the first, the chief, the alihikaua, the greatest leader of soldiers, i puka mai ai, that has ever 

 risen. 



°'He kino pahaoliaci, the soldier has a person unlike .my other, invuhieral)le ; he ouli c, not like any other, 

 strange to look at. 



"E wanahina, to stand erect like tlie hair on the shoulders of an angry dog, or the scales of certain fish, 

 bristling, fearless. 



■''E okalakala, rough on top of his head. Keohohiwa, name of Kamehameha. 



'■"He moano hiwa, a dark red all over is the chief, that is a comparison of the chief to this red fish. 



''He kea-puaa, boar; makai olelepa, fierce, fearless, a puaa strong at rooting. The wild boar of the islatids 

 was the most powerful, energetic and fierce of any animal that the people knew of; these names applied to Ka- 

 mehameha. 



"°E haulani ana, overthrowing, upturning the islands; e a, to give attention. 



"'Puipui ka moku, the island is enlarged by the triumph of the chief. Kamehameha has enlarged himself, 

 he loaa, etc., he obtained it in the day of his strength. 



