448 HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI [ETH. ANN. 88 
Next day at sunrise the mist and fog covered all Keaau, and when 
it cleared, behold! seven girls were sitting at the landing place of 
Keaau, one of whom was more beautiful than the rest. This was the 
very first time that the sisters of Aiwohikupua had come down with 
Laieikawai, according to their compact. 
As Laieikawai and her companions were sitting there that morn- 
ing, Hauailiki stood up and walked about before them, showing off 
his good looks to gain the notice of the princess of Paliuli. But 
what was Hauailiki to Laieikawai? Mere chaff! 
Four days Laieikawai came to Keaau after Hauailiki’s entering 
the harbor; and four days Hauailiki showed himself off before 
Laieikawai, and she took no notice at all of him. 
On the fifth day of her coming, Hauailiki thought to display 
before the beloved one his skill with the surf board; ** the truth is 
Hauailiki surpassed any one else on Kauai as an expert in surf 
riding, he surpassed all others in his day, and he was famous for 
this skill as well as for his good looks. 
That day, at daybreak, the natives of the place, men and women, 
were out in the breakers. 
While the people were gathering for surfing, Hauailiki undid his 
garment, got his surf board, of the kind made out of a thick piece 
of wiliwili wood, went directly to the place where Laieikawai’s party 
sat, and stood there for some minutes; then it was that the sisters of 
Aiwohikupua took a liking to Hauailiki. 
Said Mailehaiwale to Laieikawai, “If we had not been set apart by 
our parents, I would take Hauailiki for my husband.” 
Said Laieikawai, “TI like him, too; but I, too, have been set apart 
by my grandmother, so that my liking is useless.” 
“We are all alike,” said Mailehaiwale. 
When Hauailiki had showed himself off for some minutes, Hauai- 
liki leaped with his surf board into the sea and swam out into the 
breakers. 
When Hauailiki was out in the surf, one of the girls called out, 
Land now!” 
“Tand away!” answered Hauailiki, for he did not. wish to ride 
in on the same breaker with the crowd. He wished to make himself 
conspicuous on a separate breaker, in order that Laieikawai should 
see his skill in surf riding and maybe take a liking to him. Not so! 
