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360. Sti)]) tli\- wicked nioutli at^ainst the chief. 

 The sorcery of Kahauhi, — his worthless 



words of double meaning, 

 The guilty one of great offenses, let him 



die. Is there destruction for the 



upright ' 

 Shall he he thrown among the lioxers? 



No.— 

 lie only should he kicked — kicked often 



with the foot. 

 365. The dead tree — now a common man. 



Shall there he a royal slaughter made for 



you? Let him he set apart for the 



spear ; 

 For the long-speared soldier of L,ono ; — 



speak to the sharpening stone ; 

 The wooden broadsword of two edges; 



the cnc weapons of sharp teeth. 

 He is the great ulae with sharp projecting 



teeth. 

 370. Such was tliv instrument t<i destroy the 



evil. 

 Is it an evil to increase hereafter? It is an 



evil to be shunned, 

 It is a small offense in the list of chiefs? 



There he showed his face ; 

 .\ grandchild of a servant. 

 Born of ancient Hana of Kahuku ; 



360. 1 ka walia hewa"' ia ka lani. 



la Kahauhr'" anaana, jiupuka olelo kaane- 



ma, 

 I Falaiwi''" nui make ia ; he lukuna uanei no 



ka ponopono ? 

 O hoolei"* ia i ke kuikui ? .\ole. — 

 lie belli walc"'' no ko iana, he keekcehi i 



ka wawae. 



Ka laau make o ka noa, 



lie lukuna alii'"' aunei? o wae ia i koaie ; 



koa ie 

 1 koa laukani-" a Lono, c i-ae i ka hoana, 

 Ka laau pahi lepelna,"- na ene pahi niho 



wanawana, 

 Ka ulae nui'"' niho wakawaka, 



370. () kou laau no ia^" e luku ia o ke inc. 



lie ino ahoua aunei ?^' he ino haalele loa, 

 I ahona^- i ke kuauhau, i ka hoopuka ma- 



ka ana — e. 

 He moopuna*'' na ke kauwa, 

 Na Hana''* kahiko o Kahuku, 



"I ka waha hewa, the reproaching mouth; ia kalani, i. e., Keoua had vilified Kamehameha. 



""Ia Kahaiilu, the sorcerer; pupuka olelo, with deceitful words; kaancnia, dcceitfvd language of douhle meaning. 

 Such was the character of Kahaulu as a prophet of Keoua. 



"Halaiwi, a person guilty of great offences, such a person shall die ; he lukuna, poetical for lukuia anci, a ques- 

 tion shall any one he destroyed for well doing? ponopono. 



"O hooki i.i i ke kuikui? O for i- hoolci. to heat, to pound, to strike with the lists; kuikui. a lio.xing, striking 

 with the list. 



'"'He hehi ia. a treading oidy 1)elongs to him, i. e. he deserves to be kicked. 



"He lukuna alii auauei. hthuna for c hiku ia, shall the chiefs he destroyed by you, Keoua? (words of the poet; 

 O wae, to choose out, select; e hookaawale ia, shall he [Keoual he set apart for koaie, name of a species of spear 

 like the pololu, he is set apart for deatli by koaie. 



"I koa laukani, a soldier armed with a very long spear, laukani ; a Lono. i. e., Kamehameha : e i ae i ka ho- 

 ano, speak to the sharpening stone, Kamehameha, for he is a grindstone for the hatchets. 



"Na pahi lepe lua, double edged knife or sword; lepe the coinb of a cock, the edge of any cutting instrument; 

 na ene, an offensive weapon in war, aliout two feet long, a foot and a half was handle with a ball shaped head soine 

 four or five inches in diameter, full of creases for inflicting pain and death on the enemy ; ene pahi, it was called 

 a knife; niho wanawana, the projection on the ciu\ Kamehameha was likened in his fighting to the effect of the 

 above instrument. 



"Ka ulae nui. a species of fish with many and very sharp teeth in both jaws ; niho wakawaka, one tooth 

 acting against another, so was Kamehameha. 



"O kou laau no ia. language of tlie poet to Keoua; e luku ia o ke ino. to destroy what was mean, corrupt, 

 defiled. 



"He ino ahona auauei' aJKina, swelling, increasing; he ino, it is an evil to lie shunned, i. c. Keoua (language 

 of the poet). 



"I ahona, a siuall offense, his name may he found in the list of cliiefs; i ka Imopuka m;ika ana ae, he came 

 from or showed his face, i. e., was born of the line of chiefs. 



"He moopuna, etc., though lie was born from chiefs, lie is the gr.iiiik-hild of a servant, an expression of great 

 coiuempt. the most degrading epithet th.at could be used. 



"Xa H;ina k.ihiko, the .nr.uidchihl nf ;incient Tlana of Kahuku. a land in Kail. 



