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Pomander Collection of ffcrLvaiian Folk-lore. 



Canto XI. 



The royal feast in the presence of Ku : 



Kahuilalani t^iving food in ainindance and 

 overflowing ; 



In great abundance ni food that men may 

 live. 



I le has an abundance at the assembly of the 

 chiefs. 

 485. Let all the lands lie hushed in silence ; 



Lei the chiefs assemble the multitude into 

 a company, 



To eat the good collections of the land. 



Let the land of Maui belonging to Kama 

 be searched. 



And the four islands of Kalakaua ; 

 4<>n. Let Oalni first be swept clean by Kuihewa ; 



Let the region of Ewa [be swept], even 

 Lihue of Hoalani, 



O thou white land, thou child of Laa. 



The land of Kauai appears belonging to 

 Manokalani, 



The island of Kealohikikaupea. 

 495. Come ye [to Hawaii] and dwell with pro- 

 priety ; 



Sit down at the feast of the chief that he 

 may be honored. 



The chief holds a feast throughout Hawaii. 



The line of separation is set up, a line 

 from ancient times ; 



The cord, the sign of separation ; 

 500. And the chief is separated like the head- 

 dress from the head. 



The cord [called] Mahilipine and Mahi- 

 lika, 



Pauku XL 



Ahaaina kalani i ka lolo^ o Ku : 

 Kahuilalani apiapi- kanalani ; 

 I kanalani-' ola — 

 .Kpiapikana ka aha a ke "Hi. 



485. Hakei* na moku kaiamu ; 



Hoolua^ kaha kalani i ke anaina, 

 Ai i na kio" honua maikai. 

 Honua makaikai' Maui o Kama. 

 Xa aina eha o Kalakaua;'' 



490. I kahili ia e Oahu o Kuihewa f 



I ke au'" Ewa o Lihue o Hoalani, 

 E ka ainakea" kanialii a Laa 

 Ike mai la Kauai o Manokalani'- 

 Ka moku o Kealohikaupea'-' — 



495. Ilele mai e nolio i ka pono ; 



E noho i ka ahaaina a ka lani i nani ai. 

 Ahaaina ka lani iluna o Llawaii. 

 Kau aliaula'* ka aha mai ka po mai; 

 Ka aha hailona i kaawale ; 



500. A kaawale ka lani me he pualei''' la. 

 Ka aha o Mahilipine o Mahilika" 



'Lolo o Ku, on the train of Ku, i. e., in his presence, before him. 



"Apiapi, to be full, to overflow as a calabash filled too full, applies to clouds so full of water that they shed 

 rain. Kahuilalani, name of a god giving food in abundance. 



'Kanalani, in great numbers, in abundance, like apiapi. 



*Hakei, to lie still, to be hushed in silence; kaiamu a great multitude of people sitting in silence. 



°Hoolua, to collect ; hoolua kaha, to collect the multitude. 



'Kio, heap, collection ; kio honua, piles, heaps of food. 



'Makaikai, to examine, to search out ; Kama, to whom Maui anciently belonged. 



'Kalakaua, na aina eha, these were Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolawe. Kalakaua was the son of Kama. 



'Kuihewa, an ancient king of Oahu ; known also as Kakuhihewa. 



'°Au, region, countrv, literally, flat land; Lihue, the plain at the base of Kaala ; Hoalani, an ancient chief of 

 Oahu. 



"Ainakea, literally, white land, i. e., Koolau so called because of the whiteness of the reef and sand. Laa he 

 kupuna alii, a progenitor of chiefs ; kamalii, the descendants of Laa, continued to reside at Koolau. 



"Manokalani, chief of Kauai, grandson of Laa. 



"Kealohikikaupea, king of all Kauai. 



"Ahaula, red cord, the name of the line fencing off the common people from the chief, the line of kapu around 

 a chief. Aha mai ka po mai, this kapu was established time out of mind. 



"Pualei, a head-dress of flowers. 



"Mahilipine and Mahilika, names of two cords used anciently as signs of kapu by chiefs. 



