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Foniaudcr Collection of Hawaiiau Folk-lore. 



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100. 



The raindrops of llilo make the sand 



basket like."" 

 Puna's sand is blackened"' liy the goddess, 

 Puna is god-possessed"^ save a small 



portion only. 

 Reduced"^ is the size of its forest, 

 Uncertain is the trunk though the leaves 



are lehua."'' 

 Ohia and pandanus were two attractions. 

 The tree trunks became stone""' 

 Because of the lava"" stream over Puulena- 



lena, in Puna, from the sulphur 



smoke"' of the crater. 

 It is broken up, Puna is fearful because of 



the goddess,"** 

 The very lava fields are gods ;"■' 

 They glitter and glisten, they glisten 



indeed ; 

 They glisten'" and change ; 

 The lava has become rock ; 

 The lava flow'' became a resident of the 



rocky plain of Malama : 

 Lava in front and behind, in front an<l 



behind. Oh how dreadful !'- 

 Dreadful is Puna on account of the 



goddess ; 

 The goddess"* which consumes the forest. 

 Unsatisfied with the pandanus of Kaimu 

 ^Vhich set the teeth of the goddess on 



edge" 

 She ate till plentiful was the lava of Puna ; 

 The rocks on the lava plain of Maukele. 



Ua awe makahinai ka ua o llilo i ke one. 



85. Ua one elele Puna na ke 'kua, 

 Ua 'kua Puna ua koena iki wale, 

 Ua uuku ka kino o ia laau ; 

 Ua haohao ka kino he lehua ka lau. 

 He ohia, he hala, alua oiwi, 



90. He oiwi pohaku no ka laau, 



No ke a kahili o Puulenalena i Puna i ka 



uahi awa o ka lua, 

 Ua moku. makau Puna na ke 'kua 

 Ua 'kua ka papa, 

 Ua kahuli anapa ana])anai)a, 



95. Ua anapa kahuli 



Ua kino pohaku ke kino o ke a. 



He a hokiinaenae noho kupa i ka papa 



o Malama. 

 I ke a mamua mahope manuia mahope 



weliweli ino hoi e ! 

 Weliweli ino Puna i ke 'kua wahine. 



100. Ke 'kua wahine ka ai i ka laau, 

 Ka ai ana ole i ka hala o Kaimu. 

 Ka oi o ka niho o ke 'kua wahine, 

 Ka ai ana, a nui ke a o Puna 

 I ka pohaku o ka papa o Maukele. 



"The rain of Hilo pelts the sand into the semblance of a basket, and net of a calabash, makainai. 



"The sand of Puna is blackened by the goddess Pele ; black volcanic sand. 



°'A11 except a small part of Puna is under the dominion of a god ; lava flows, tidal waves and volcanic convul- 

 sions have left their impress. 



"The forests are of small stunted growth. 



"Ua haohao ke kino, etc., something else is the body, though the leaf indicates the lehua. 



"Oiwi pohaku, stone bodies or tnmks; in parts of Puna there are tree molds, the trunks and roots of which 

 have been encased in liquid lava. 



""Ke a, the scoria, kahili, swept or thrown out by volcanic action at Puulenalena, name of a place in Pun.a. 



"Uahi awa, the bitter pungent sulphur smoke from the crater, lua. 



"Ua moku (v), to break up into small bits, fragments ; maka'u Puna, it is a fearful place on account of the gods. 



°'Ua 'kua ka papa, even the very stones we walk on are gods. 



"Ua kaluili, glittering, the action of the sun on a dry surface ; anapa, glistening or reflected light ; anapanapa. 

 repeatedly. 



"Hokiinaenae, the low whizzing-like sound of an asthmatic ; kupa, sits a resident on the rock of Malama. 



"Oh, how dreadful is the devastating work of the goddess Pele. 



"She eats the fruit of the forest, yet is not satisfied, ono ole, by or with the pandanus of Kainni, a village on the 

 sea coast of Puna where they abound. 



"The hala, pandanus, sets her teeth on edge ; partaking likely from the prickly margins of its long leaves. 



