896 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 33 
When the canoe came to land the seer was standing at the land- 
ing; he advanced from Kaiwilahilahi, threw the pig before the chief, 
and prayed in the name of the gods of Aiwohikupua, and this was his 
prayer: 
“© Heavens, Lightning, and Rain; O Air, Thunder, and Earth- 
quake; O gods of my chief, my beloved, my sacred taboo chief, who 
will bury these bones! Here is a pig, a black cock, awa, a priest, a 
sacrifice, an offering to the chief from your servant here; look upon 
your servant, Hulumaniani; bring to him life, a great life, a long life, 
to live forever, until the staff rings as he walks, until he is dragged 
upon a mat, until the eyes are dim.** Amen, it is finished, flown 
away.” 
As the chief listened to the prophet’s prayer, Aiwohikupua recog- 
nized his own prophet, and his heart yearned with love toward him; 
for he had been gone a long while; he could not tell how long it was 
since he had seen him. 
As soon as the prayer was ended, Aiwohikupua commanded his 
counsellor to “ present the seer’s gifts to the gods.” 
Instantly the seer ran and clasped the chief’s feet and climbed up- 
ward to his neck and wept, and Aiwohikupua hugged his servant’s 
shoulders and wailed out his virtues. 
After the wailing the chief asked his servant: “ Why are you 
living here, and how long have you been gone?” 
The servant told him all that we have read about in former chap- 
ters. When the seer had told the business on which he had come and 
his reason for it, that was enough. Then it was the seer’s turn to 
question Aiwohikupua, but the chief told only half the story, saying 
that he was on a sight-seeing tour. 
The chief stayed with the seer that night until at daybreak they 
made ready the canoe and sailed. 
They left Laupahoehoe and got off Makahanaloa when one of the 
men, the one who is called the counsellor, saw the rainbow arching 
over Paliuli. 
He said to the chief: “ Look! Where are you! See that rainbow 
arch? Laieikawai is there, the one whom you want to find, and there 
is where I found her. 
Said Aiwohikupua: “I do not think Laieikawai is there; that is 
not her rainbow, for rainbows are common to all rainy places. But 
let us wait until it is pleasant and see whether the rainbow is there 
then; then we shall know it is her sign. 
