EMEKSON] UNWKITTEN LITEHATUKE OE HAWAII 205 



15 AMiilc we rest here, 



llest thou and I here, 

 Near the warm, warm water 

 And the smooth lava-plate 

 Of Maii-kele. 



20 Eest tlion ;ind I here. 



By the water so warm, 



And the lava-plate smooth 



Of Mau-kele. 



Little by little 

 25 Your thoughts will he mine. 



Little by little 



Your thoughts I'll divine. 



Manoiio was the name of the brave woman, Avife of Ke-kua-o-ka- 

 huii, who fell in the battle of Kuamo'o, in Kona, Hawaii, in 1819, 

 fighting by the side of her husband. They died in support of the 

 cause of law and order, of religion and tabu, the cause of the conserv- 

 ative party in HaAvaii, as opposed to license and the abolition of 

 all restraint. 



The idnhe (verses 5, G) is the stag-horn fern, which forms a matted 

 growth most obstructive to woodland travel. 



The burden Manono is asked to bear, what else is it but the burden 

 of life, in this case lightened by love? 



Whether there is any connection between the name of the hula — 

 breast-lxniting — and the expression in the first verse of the following 

 mele is more than the author can say. 



Mcle 



Ka-hipa," na wain olewa, 

 Lele ana, ku ka mahiki akea ; 

 Keke ka niho o Lani-wahine; ^ 

 Opi ke a hilo, ke a luna. 

 5 A hoi aku au i Lihue, 

 Nana aku ia Ewa ; 

 E au ana o jNIiko-lo-lou," 



" Ka-Jiitni. Said to be the name of a mythological character, now applied to a place in 

 Kahukn where the mountains pi-esent the form of two female breasts. 



'> Lani-wahinc. A benignant mo'o, or water-nymph, sometimes taking the form of a 

 woman, that is said to have haunted the lagoon of Uko'a, Waialua, Oahu. There is a long 

 story about hei-. 



<• Miko-lo-U)u. A fatnous man-eating shark-god whose home was in the waters of liana, 

 i\Iaui. He visited Oahu and was hospital)iy received by Ka-ahu-paliau and Ka-hi"u-ka, 

 sharks of the Ewa lagoons, who had a human ancestry and were on friendly terms with 

 their kindred. Miko-lo-16u, when his hosts denied him human flesh, helped himself. In 

 the conflict that rose the Ewa sharks joined with their human relatives and friends on 

 land to put an end to Miko-lo-lou. After a fearful contest they took him and reduced 

 his l)ody to ashes. A dog, howevei', snatched and ate a portion — .some say the tongue, 

 some the tail — and another part fell into the water. This was reanimated by the spirit of 

 llie (load slinrk and gr( w to ))e a monster of the same size and power as the one deceased 

 Miko-lo-16u now gathered his friends and allies from all the waters and made war against 

 the Ewa sharks, but was routed. 



