PaUcn is flic Chief. 



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The wind in sndden gusts, that is it of 



J lanaia when it shall come : 

 The stirring wind, the sweeping rain, the 



double forced storm of winter : 

 A straight down falling rain, the rain 



without wind, with wind as at 



Kona : 

 This is the chief, the strong wind, the 



wind of Kona, 

 320. The strong rushing wind breaking down 



villages. 

 Laying waste the land, the very Kamani- 



heunonea. 

 Tile bearded beauty, son of the chief 



Kuakaa, 

 Wild overturned the hill-top swept into 



silence by the chief. 

 The upland of Pumaialaukupoiio on the 



top of Laa : 

 T,2^. Calmly the chief sits at leisure 



L'pon the mountain neck of Kunioho ; 

 Resting the foot on the top of high 



Kunioho. 



O ke kikiao*- kahi ia o ka Hanaia, ke hiki 



mai. 

 O ke kiki, ■'■■'• o Icleuli, lelekuilua. o ka 



hooilo, 

 Leleua'* ia, leleleaka, leleaka niea i Kona u ; 

 Eia ka lani^' kc kikiao niakani kona, 



320. Ke kona^" ku wawahi kauhale. 



E inoino-'" ai ka aina, i ke kamaniheunonea, 



Kamani heu'" a ka lani Kuakaa, 



Nana'" e kaa ke kualono, kahilikia oneanea 



ia ka lani. 

 Ka uka o Pumaialaukupoiio i ke poo o 



Laa ; 



,^25. Oi pono^" ka lemu o ka lani. 



I ka pane mauna o Kumoho*^ — e — a ; 

 Ku e ae ana^- i ka wawae la ka luna o 

 Kumohokiekie. 



C.\NTO IX. 



E.xalted sits the chief and from on high 



looks forth : 

 He views the island : far down he sees 



the beauteous lands below. 

 330. Much sought after, hoped for. the island 



as sought for is seen. 



Pauku IX. 



Kiekie ka lani' i ke kaulu halona, 

 Nana- i ka moku, liaahaa kilohana ilalo. 



330. Imiimihia-' lanalanahia, lana, makai ka 

 moku 



"^O ka kikiao kahiu, the wind when it strikes suddenly, then suddenly lulls. Kahi oia no. that is it. Hanaia. 

 name of the third month (Novemher) of Hoilo. ke hiki mai. when it comes. 



"O kc kiki. the strength, o leleuli, a great falling rain with a high wind, sweeping away everything. Lclckitihi a 

 singular l)lowing striking wind; ka hooilo, of the wmter, i. e.. such is the character of winter. 



"Lele ua. rain falling straight down, not driven by the wind. Leleleaka. a fine rain without wind ; leleaka, 

 line rain with wind ; mea i Kona as it is often seen at Kona. Hawaii. Kona u. Kona is so called at Kailua. 



■"'"Eia ka lani. this is the chief ( Kamoliameha). so is his character, kc kilciao. the hard striking wind is 

 his. i. e.. no c<inimon wind. 



"Kona ku. a strong rushing wind. 



''E inoino. desolating the land; i kc kamaniheunonea, name of a very destructive wind. 



"Kamaniheu o Kamehameha, a Kalanikuakaa. name of Kameliameha's father. 



"Nana, o Kamehameha. e kau c hoopau. to overthrow ; ke kualono. like somctliing descended in rolling down 

 hill with force; ka hilikia. same as kahiliia. swept over, made silent by the chief Kamehameha. 



'°Oi pono ka lemu. while he sits comfortably, the chief. Kamehameha. 



"Kunioho. up tlic liill from Laa. 



'"Ku e ac ana. he moves his foot slightly against the top of the high Kunioho. 



'Kiekie ka lani. Kamehameha; kaulu kalii kiekie loa. halona. places below where one can stand and look off 

 and around. 



'Nana, to look at the land, country liehiw. Kilohana. beautiful below, Kiloliana is the colored and most beau- 

 tiful of a set of kapas. 



■'Imiimiliia. looked after, sought after ; lanalanahia. a thing hoped for. wished for ; lana. it floats, is seen ; 

 makai. to seek for as a constable for a felon — to look at the island. 



