Fallen is flic Chief. 



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375. The children of orphans, tossed back and 

 forth ; 



A criminal on the sea of Kaaawa, accord- 

 ing to the law of Kaihehee. 



The sea-moss floating ashore at Kauwa- 

 hine ; 



Sea moss floating, sea moss a watcher 

 guarding the harbor. 



Ye are brought hither as a beacon for 

 Unulau, 

 380. To be a guard for Halaea ; death crawls 

 there from Oalui, 



A thrifty growing plant extending to Kau ; 



It shoots up, leaves out, and sends forth 

 branches there. 



P>ring here, O bring here ; bring here the 

 prisoners for slaughter : 



Slaughtered inland, slaughtered by the sea- 

 side : 

 385. A slaughter with defilement of blood, 

 thoroughly destroyed. 



.\ place bound in darkness, awful dark- 

 ness ; 



A place bound in darkness, thousand fold 

 darkness. 



.\ shark going inland is my chief, 



.\ very strong shark able to devour all on 

 land ; 

 390. A shark of very red gills is the chief, 



^J^. Xa kamalii*-' na kanialele, he nounou 



miana na ; 

 He moe kai no Kaaawa,'"' he kupono i ke 



kaihehee ; 

 He limu lana*' no Kauwahine, 

 He limu lana he lipuupuu,*'* he halua kiai 



awa, 

 I halihalia mai oukou*" i makakoa no 



Unulau 



380. I kiai no lialaea,''" hookolo ka make a 

 Oahu, 

 Kanukawowo'^^ laha i Kau ; 

 Ku a lau^" manamana ilaila. 

 Ho mai no,^" e ho mai, ho mai no i nokea — 

 Nokea i uka, nokea i kai, 



385. Nokea ia paumaele,'^* meea ia kahi paa- 

 wela, 

 Kahi paa i ka po kuakini,^^ 

 Kahi paa i ka \>o kuamano.^" 

 He mano holo uka kuu lani, 

 He niuhi^^ lawa aimoku, 



390. He pihapiha ulaula^^ ka lani ; 



"Na kamalii, of the children ; na kama lele, an orphan child ; he nounou, thrown back and forth as boys at 

 play with balls of mud, na gives force to the sarcasm against Keoua. 



"He moe kai no Kaaawa, in the reign of Kualii of Oahu, he punished criminals by placing them on a 

 piece of wicker work on the sea of Kaaawa, such was the law and readiness of Kualii who was celebrated for his 

 long life and other qualities. Keoua is likened to one of those persons placed on the sea, he kupono, etc.. this 

 was according to the law called kaihehee. 



"He limu lana, the sea-moss floating ashore at Kauwahine, name of the shore where tlie sea-moss was driven, 

 the land was called Kauawapela. 



"He lipuupuu, also the sea-moss; he halua, the place where the moss collected; kiai awa. guarding the harbor 

 or place where canoes might land, so Keoua. 



'°I halihali ia mai oukou, ye are brought hither Keoua ma ; maka koa was any fixed placed upland at some 

 distance from the sea as a beacon to guide those at sea who are taking fish. No Unulau, a place off south of 

 Kail, applied to Keoua as a beacon for others to look at. 



'"I kiai no Halaea, to become a watchman at Halaea, name of a long dangerous cape south of Kailiki, on 

 Hawaii; hookolo ka make, death crawls from Oahu from the place spoken before. 



"'Kanukawowo, a spreading vine was planted at Oahu, it spread even to Kaii. 



""Ku a lau, it shoots up. leaves out and branches out there at Kau. 



"Ho mai no (words of the poet) give here, addressed to Keoua ma, i nokea, t lukuia, that they may be slain. 



"Nokea ia paumaele, destroyed in filthiness, in blood, meea ia ; luku a luku a pan loa, utterly destroyed; meea, 

 to root up, overturn, destroyed utterly. 



"Kahi paa i ka po, a place fast in darkness; kuakini, an intensive of fto, a terrible dark night. 



"Kahi paa, like the above ; kuamano, numberless. 



"He niuhi. name of a species of very large shark; lawa ikaika, very strong to devour all on land, i. e., Ka- 

 nieliamelia. 



■'■"He pihapiha ulaula, the red gills of a fish, as tlie gills of a fish serve for lireathing and sustaining life, so 

 Kamehameha is the means of life to the people. 



