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Akahi ke aua, ka lulii i ka pa-u : 

 Ka bo-oio i ke kapa-wai, 

 I na kikepa wai o Apua,*^ 

 15 I hopu 'a i ka ua noe liolo poo-poo, 

 Me lie pa-u elebiwa wale i ua pall. 



Ohiolii ka pali, ki ka liko o ka lama, 

 Mama ula ^ ia ka malua ula, 

 I hopu a omau ia e ka maino. 

 20 I f ka malo o Umi ku huuji mai. 

 Ike'a ai na maawe wai oloua,'* 

 E makili ia uei i AVaihilau.'^ 

 Holo ke oloua, paa ke kapa. 



Hu'a lepo ole ka pa-ii; 

 25 Naui ka o-iwi ma ka maka kilo-baua/ 

 Makalii ka ohe,*' paa ke kapa. 



Opua ke ahi i na pali, 

 I hookau kaleua ia e ka makaui, 

 I kaomi pohaku ia i Wai-mauii, 

 30 I na ala '' ki-ola-61a. 

 I na ala, i ala lele 

 la Kane-polia-ka"a.' 



Paa ia Wai-manu,^' o-oki Wai-pi'o; 

 Lalau o Ha'i i ka ohe, 

 35 la Koa'e-kea,''^ 



I kauliihi ia ia ohe laulii, ia ohe. 

 Oki'a a moku, mo' ke kihi,' 



n.lpwa. A place on Hawaii, on Maui, on Oahu, on Kauai, and on Molokai. 



^ Mama nhi ia ka mahiu ula. The malua-ula was a variety of tapa that was stained with 

 hili l;ukiii (the root-hark of tlie kukui tree). The ripe kukui nut was chewed into a paste 

 and minsled with this stain. Mama ula refers to this chewing. The malua ula Is men- 

 tioned as a foil to the pa-u, being a cheap tapa. 



« /. A contracted form of ti or ki, the plant or, as in this case, the leaf of the tt, the 

 Dracaena (pi. v). Liloa, the father of Umi, used it to cover himself after his amour 

 with the mother of Umi, having given his malo in pledge to the woman. Umi may have 

 used this same leaf as a substitute for the malo while in^the wilderness of Laupahoehoe, 

 hiding away from his brother. King Hakau. 



<> Olond. A strong vegetable fiber sometimes added to tapa to give it strength. The 

 fibers of olona in the fabric of the pa-ti are compared to the runnels and brooklets of 

 Waihilau. 



« Wai-hilau. Name applied to the water that drips in a cave in Puna. It is also the 

 name of a stream in Wai-pi'o valley, Hawaii. 



f Kilo-hana. The name given the outside, ornamented, sheet of a set (kuina) of five 

 tapas used as bed-clothing. It was also applied to that part of a pa-fi which was deco- 

 rated with figures. The word comes from kilohi, to examine critically, and hana, to 

 work, and therefore means an ornamental work. 



» Ohe. Bamboo. In this case the stamp, made from bamboo, used to print the tapa. 



I' Aid. The hard, dark basalt of which the Hawaiian ko'i, adz. is made; any pebble, 

 or small water-worn stone, such as would be used to hold in place the pa-ti while spread 

 out to dry. 



* Kane-pohn-ka'a. Kane-the-hail-sender. The great god Kane was also conceived of as 

 Kane-hekili, the thunderer ; Kane-lulu-honua, the earthquake-sender, etc. 



i Wai-manu and Wai-pi'o are neighboring valleys. 



^ Ko-a'e-kea. A land in Wai-pi'o valley. 



' Mo' ke kihi. Mo' is a contracted form of moku. 



