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A Koolau ie;-ting place of Kauahoa.'' 

 Upon reaching there Kalalea'" came, 



20. Kaipuhaa and Kapahi came, 



L'haoiole, Kauhao, Kawi, Keahua, 



Anil Kamooloa, with tlu' rcipe held up hy 



the hands. 

 The han of Pelehuna is theirs. 

 Inviting' the hills, calling for winds; 



25. Calling to Puna of Keknmakaha 



For Puna's sea-spray in the time of 



Kawelo," 

 Ascending from U'ailua to Maunakapu,^- 

 Tlie land of Kawelomahamahaia,'-' 

 When the rope was seasoned" hy heal. 



30. The shore grown'"' han hark id" Alin, 

 llanaenaulu had gone on ahead 

 To the place where Kawelo was hurn."' 

 Gathering up the bad ashes. 

 The many small lights are dancing, 



35. .Vaanuikaniaweke'" is dancing. 

 The dust rose up from the men. 

 Many were the people at Kilohana.^" 

 The mountains were heated by Moe,'" 

 From the promulgations of the herald 



40. For the tax-feathers of the chief. 



The malo is fastened, the cape is of kapa. 

 L'ncooked was the traveler's food-" 

 Gathered from several gangs of nien 

 For the forest road-ways of Koloa. 



43. Closed up was the Kawaihaka plain ; 

 The water turned up to Wahiawa.-' 

 Flowing from above at Manuahi ; 

 Manuahi sent forth indeed a koula wind, 

 lilasting the taro leaves of Hanapepe,-- 



E koolau. kapu hia o Kauahoa, 

 A ka kiln o Kalalea hele mai, 

 20. Hele mai Kaipuhaa a me Kapahi, 



O Uhaoiole, o Kauhao, o Kawi, o Keahua. 

 O Kamooloa, o ke kaula kai ka linialima. 

 O ka hau o Pelehuna ka lakou, 

 Kono aku na pun, kahea makani, 



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Kuhea ia Puna o Keknmakaha, 

 O kai-ki puna ma ke kau o Kawelo, 

 E pii ana Wailua i o Maunakapu. 

 Ka aina o Kawelomahamahaia, 

 A moa aku kaula i ka ai. 



30. Ka ilihau pa kai o Alio. 



LJa hala mna llanaenaulu, 



Ka aina o Kawelo i hanau ai. 



Pukua a pan ka alehu niaka ino, 



Kahulaia lamalama uku. 

 35. llulaia o Aaanuikaniaweke. 



Ku ka ea o na kanaka, 



Kauluawela uka o Kilohana. 



W'ela na mauna i o Moe, 



I ke ahi a kuahaua. 

 40. .-V ka hulu kupu a ka lani 



L'a puali ka malo, he kihei ke kapa. 



He ai maka ke 0, 



Mikia mai na aloaloa kanaka. 



Kanahele kanaka o Koloa, 

 45. Papani ku i na kula o Kawaihaka, 



Hoi ka wai i uka o Wahiawa. 



He hua mai uka o Manuahi, 



No Manuahi ka iho ka he Koula. 



Nou iho ina kalo o Hanapepe, 



"Kauahoa -was reputed to be a man of giant size, the largest on Kauai, one of .A.ikanaka's warriors killed in 

 conflict by Kawelo. See Memoirs Vol. V, pp. 56-58. 



'"Name of a famous war club of Kauai tradition, requiring uo men to carry it. 



"A celebrated warrior of Kauai tradition. See Memoirs Vol. V, p. 2. 



'''A stretch of Kauai lands. 



"Xamc of Kawelo's elder brother. 



"The treatment of bark, as also of hala leaves, by heat, was to render it soft and pliable. 



"Because of the salt air and sea spray the shore-grown hau is said to have tougher qualities than that of upland 

 growtli. 



'"Kawelo's birthplace was Hanamaulu, Kauai. 



"A personification of bright and forked lightning accnnip.-inicd with sound. 



"A mountain of Kauai. 



"Moe was likely the herald whose pronudgations for the gathering of bird-feathers ta.K heated the mountain 

 paths in his travels, i.e., he was loud and insistent in his calls Tlierc were set seasons for this regal requirement. 



"The uncooked food of mountain travelers or laborers was liananas and sugar-cane. 



"'Waliiawa, an extensive land on Kauai adjoining Koloa, In the west. 



"Hanapepe, a well-watered valley of Kauai, hence an extensive taro section of nid time. 



