fallen is the Chief. 



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It sweeps past, the dust is raised in fre- 

 quent whirls toward heaven. 

 255. The (kist in great clouds appears from the 



mountains, in yellow flames the red 



dirt passes to the sea. 

 Like the coming of a red shower, so is the 



.soldier's person, the chief. 

 He is the chief, the .son of a chief. 

 Is the chief the soldier that he slmuld 



take pleasure with the holua ? 

 Will he talk deceitfully to please tiie 



deceived ones ? 

 260. They are boasters who occupy the house ; 

 Those boast without cause who enjoy the 



island. 

 A multitude of parents will waste, holding 



what the mind has proudly laid up; 

 They eat at leisure, sitting on their hams, 



in small and in large houses. 

 The full supplied plate is the wooden 



plate. 

 265. The high raftered sleeping house with 



shelves across. 

 The long house, the eating house of women. 

 They spread down the rushes : ujxju them 



they spread the mat ; 

 They lie with heads on pillows raised in 



dignity. 



Kahili."' liao leic i ka lani. wili o kai ka 

 lejX) iluna. 

 235. Okai^- ka ea i ka mauna. puokoula ka 

 lepo i kai ; 

 Me he ku''" na ka ua ida la; o kc kino 



koaia o ka lani. 

 O ka lani ia^* la a ka lani, 

 O ka lani anei'"' ke koa e lea ai ka holua? 

 Kapehe-^" e lea ai ka hoomahua ? 



260. Ke kaiena-'" a na noho hale 



E haakei wale ai no ka aimoku. 



E uaua^** ai Ua lau makua, hoaono keha ka 



umauma. 

 Ua ai kahela-"' ka uha. ku ka hale iki ka 



hale nui. 

 Ka pa wiwi^" ka pa laau, 



265. Ka aleo hale^' moe me ka amana. 

 Ka halau aina*-' o ka wahine 

 Lulu kohekohe.^-' hohola ka moena, 

 Kau ka pakakeha** ka hanohano, 



"Kahili, to sweep, to brush away as light substances; hao lele. to carry away, synonymous with hao ikaika ; 

 uili. to twist, the action of a whirlwind; o kai. great nuinliers of whirlwinds, with great strength the dust is raised 

 in frequent whirls toward heaven. 



"'O kai ke ea. okai huakai, the dust goes in great bands, or companies, as seen coming from the mountains; 

 puoko. to ascend as flames of tire; ula. red. applied to the ascent of red dirt as at Lahainaluna ; i kai. towards the 

 sea. 



"Me he ku na ku ua. as the rising, coming on of a red shower as at Kaanapali seen from Laliainaluna. so 

 is the soldier's person. Kamehameha. 



"O ka lani ia, ia emphatic, he ; a ka lani. son of a chief. 



"O ka lani anei. is the chief a soldier, and will he take pleasure with the hohia? A pastime ainong the ancients. 



'"Kapehe. to converse deceitfully, when a person's real meaning is different from his apparent, hoomahua. to de- 

 ceive, will he talk deceitfully to please the deceived. 



"Ke kaiena, those occupying the house boast, are proud, i. e.. the followers of Kamehameha; noho hale, tlie 

 resident of a house or land under a chief. 



"E uaua. to waste, to spend needlessly; ka lau, four thousand, here, for the many, the many parents under 

 Kamehameha will waste the property and rights they have gained; hoano, to take in possession another's property; 

 keha. proudly, without regard to another's right; ka umaimia. the breast, i. e., the mind. 



■'Ua ai kahela ka uha, kahela. satisfied, having enough, they eat at leisure sitting upon their hams, haunches; 

 ku ka hale iki. this is done in small houses and large ones. This language applies to the followers of Kameha- 

 melia as though they had conquered and the conduct is reprobated by the poet. 



'°Ka pa wiwi. the tall high fence around the house ; ka pa laau. the stick, or strong fence, this applied as 

 before to Kamehameha's men after the conquest. 



*'Ka aleo hale, a high house, i. e., a house with rafters made into a very sharp roof ; moe, these were sleep- 

 ing houses ; me ka amana, boards or sticks put up for shelves for laying kapas or other property on. 



'"Ka halau aina, the long house where the women might eat. aina for ai ana; the halau was often used for a 

 canoe house, but generally as an eating house for women ; halau was a long and large house with the door in the 

 end. a common house had its door in front. 



"Lulu kohekohe. kohe name of the grass that springs up and grows in kalo patches, the kohe is spread 

 down, hohola ka moena. the mat is spread on top. 



"Kau ka pakakelia, to lie on the back with the head raised on a pillow, i. c.. to lie like a chief in great dig- 

 nity, so the followers of Kamchamelia who ape his dignity. 



