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A seeing of facts, a sifting of rumors, 



An insight won by the black sacred awa, 

 25 A vision like that of a god ! 



O Kapo, return ! 



Return and abide in your altar ! 



Make it fruitful! 



Lo, here is the water, 

 30 The water of life ! 



Hail, now, to thee ! 



The little god-folk, whom the ancients called Kini Akua — myriads 

 of gods — and who made the wildwoods and wilderness their play- 

 ground, must also be placated. They were a lawless set of imps ; the 

 elfins, brownies, and kobolds of our fairy world were not "up to 

 them " in wanton deviltry. If there is to be any luck in the house, 

 it can only be when they are dissuaded from outbreaking mischief. 



The pule next given is a polite invitation to these little broAvn 

 men of the woods to honor the occasion with their presence and to 

 bring good luck at their coming. It is such a prayer as the visitor 

 might choose to repeat at this time, or it might be used on other 

 occasions, as at the consecration of the kuahu : 



He Pule Kuahu (no Kini Akua) 



E ulu, e iilu, Kini o ke Akua ! 

 TJlu Kane me Kanaloa ! 

 Ulu Ohi'a-lau-koa, me ka le-ie! 

 A'e mai a noho i kou kuahu ! 

 5 Eia ka wai la, he wai e ola. 

 E ola no, e-e ! 



[Translation] 



An Altar-Prayer (to the Kini Akua) 



Gather, oh gather, ye hosts of godlings ! 

 Come Kane with Kanaloa ! 

 Come leafy Ohi'a and I-e ! 

 Possess me and dwell in your altar ! 

 5 Here's water, water of life ! 

 Life, give us life ! 



The visitor, having satisfied his sense of what the occasion de- 

 mands, changes his tone from that of cantillation to ordinary speech, 

 and concludes his worship with a petition conceived in the spirit 

 of the following prayer : 



E ola ia'u, i ka malihini ; a pela hoi na kamaaina, ke kumu, na haumana, ia 

 oe, e Laka. E Laka ia Pohaku i ka wawae. E Laka i ke kupe'e. E Laka ia 

 Luukia i ka pa-u ; e Laka i ke kuhi ; e Laka i ka leo ; e Laka i ka lei. E 

 Laka i ke ku ana imua o ke anaina. 



