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10 I'l-ocljiiiu it, luollior. Iljimia'a, 



Uf the jj;o(l(U'ss ot Kihnit'a; 



►She wlio duji the pit worldMU'cp, 



And Maii-waliiue and Knpn-ena, 



Who prepare the awa for drink. 

 15 A health to the stranger gods ! 



CANTO II 



Hodeclv now tlie hoard for tlio f on st; 

 Fill tip the last howl to tlie hrini; 

 Then ponr a dranght in the snn-cave 

 Shall flow to the mellow haze, 

 20 That tints the land of the gods. 



All hail to the stranger gods! 

 This my otfering, simply a voice, 

 Only a welcoming voice. 

 Turn in ! 

 25 Lo, the feast ! 



This prayer, though presented in two parts or cantos, is really one, 

 its purpose being to oti'er a welcome, kanaenae, to the feast and cere- 

 mony to the gods who had a right to expect that courtesy. 



One more mele of the number specially used in the hula Pels: 



Melc 



Non paha e, ka inoa 



E ka'i-ka'i ku ana, 



A kau i ka nukn. 



E hapa-hapai a'e, 

 5 A pa i ke kihl 



O Ki-lan-e-a. 



Ilaila kn'n kama, 



O Kn-mii-akea." 



Ilookomo a'e iloko 

 10 A o Hale-ma'u-ma'n : ^ 



A ma-n na pn'n 



E ola-olii nei. 



E knlii)e'e nni ai-ahna.^ 



E Pele. e Tele! 

 15 E Pele, e Pele! 



Hnai'na ! huai'na ! 



Ku ia ka lani. 



Pae a huila ! 



» Kalakaua, for whom all these fine words are intended, could no more claim kinship 

 with Ku-nui-akea, the son of Kau-1-ke-aoiili, than with .Tuliiis Caesar. 



'' lIulc-nniu-iHuu. Used figuratively of the mouth, whose hairy frinjjo — moustache and 

 beard — gives it a fancied resemblance lo the rough lava pit where I'ele dwelt. The tigure. 

 to us no doubt obscure, conveyed to the Hawaiian the ide;i of trumpeting the name and 

 making it famous. 



" E kuli-pe'e nui ai-ahua. Pele is here figured as an old, infirm woman, crouching and 

 crawling along; a character and attitude ascril)ed to her, no doubt, from the f;incied 

 resemblance of a lava flow, which, when in the form of a-d, rolls and tumbles along over 

 the surface of the ground in a manner suggestive of the motions and attitude of a 

 palsied crone. 



