CHAPTER XVII 
As they flew far upward and were lost to sight on high, Snipe and 
his companion looked down at the lower jaw of the lizard plowing 
the earth like a shovel, and it was a fearful thing to see. It was plain 
their fellows must all be dead, and they returned and told Aiwohi- 
kupua what they had seen. 
Then Kalahumoku, Aiwohikupua’s great man-eating dog, was 
fetched to go and kill the lizard, then to destroy the sisters of 
Aiwohikupua. 
When Kalahumoku, the man-eating dog from Tahiti, came into the 
presence of his grandchild (Aiwohikupua), “Go up this very day 
and destroy my sisters,” said Aiwohikupua, “and bring Laieikawai.” 
Before the dog went up to destroy Aiwohikupua’s sisters the dog 
first instructed the chief, and the chiefs under him, and all the men, 
as follows: “ Where are you? While I am away, you watch the up- 
lands. When the clouds rise straight up, if they turn leeward then I 
have met Kihanuilulumoku and you will know that we have made 
friends. But if the clouds turn to the windward, there is trouble; 
T have fought with that lizard. Then pray to your god, to Lanipipili; 
if you see the clouds turn seaward, the lizard is the victor; but when 
the clouds ascend and turn toward the mountain top, then the lizard 
has melted away; we have prevailed.** Then keep on praying until 
TI return.” © 
After giving his instructions, the dog set out up the mountain, and 
Aiwohikupua sent with him Snipe and Turnstone as messengers to 
report the deeds of the dog and the lizard. 
When the dog had come close to Paliuli, Kihanuilulumoku was 
asleep at the time; he was suddenly startled from sleep; he was 
awakened by the scent of a dog. By that time the lizard was too 
late for the dog, who went on until he reached the princess’s first 
guardian. 
Then the lizard took a sniff, the guardian god of Paliuli, and 
recognized Kalahumoku, the marvel of Tahiti; then the lizard lifted 
his upper jaw to begin the fight with Kealnieanokn 
Instantly the dog showed his teeth at the lzard, and the fight 
began; then the lizard was victor over Kalahumoku and the dog just 
escaped without ears or tail. 
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