Rice — Hawaiian Legends 39 



hewed out into the shape of a poi board, and placed it near the falls of the 

 Lumahai River. To this day, the wi, or fresh water shell-fish, come out 

 on the gray side in the day-time, and on the black side at night. Even 

 now no woman can successfully fish there unless she wears a certain lei 

 of shredded ti leaves or breaks off two lehua branches, crying to the 

 Kupua, as she throws one to the mauka side or towards the mountains, 

 and one to the rnakai side or toward the sea, "Pa-na-a-na-a, give us 

 luck!" If a man fishes there, he first throws two small stones into the 

 water, asking for success. 



The next nocturnal enterprise of these little men was to span the river 

 with a bridge of flat stones, but freshets have since removed all traces 

 of this work. 



During their stay at Lumahai one of the Menehune who was skilled 

 in stone carving, tried to escape by climbing up the cliffs towards Waia- 

 leale. The konohiki sent his men to capture him. They overtook him at 

 about the middle of the cliff, and the usual punishment was meted out to 

 him — his body was turned into stone and placed on the spot where he was 

 captured. It is there today, a huge stone in the form of a man with a 

 gray body and a white head. The path the pursuers followed zigzags up 

 the steep pali to the stone, which is called Ma-i-na-ke-ha-u, the Man-Out- 

 of-Breath. 



The Menehune then went on to Wainiha, where they placed a stone 

 in the middle of the ridge, leaving such a narrow space to pass that in 

 after years the Hawaiians had to hold on to the stone, and make them- 

 selves as small as possible in order to edge around it. So the stone be- 

 came known as the "Hungry Stone." In the Wainiha River a flat stone 

 was placed which reaches from bank to bank, and part of which is always 

 above water. 



Hurrying on to the top of Kilohana, the Menehune built on the plain 

 there a little hill about ten feet high called Po-po-pii. There they amused 

 themselves by rolling down its slopes. They made so much noise at this 

 sport that the birds at Kahuku, on Oahu, were frightened. 



Ka-u-ki-u-ki, the Angry-one, a Menehune, declared that he could go 

 to the top of this hill and catch the legs of the moon. This boast was 

 ridiculed, and when he was unable to carry it out, he was turned into 

 stone. This stone was often covered with maile and lehua branches by the 

 natives, so that the rain and fog would not prevent their carrying out 

 their plans. 



In the valley of Lanihuli the Menehune lived for some time, planting 

 it with different varieties of plants which are still there. Several times 



