122 Bernice P. Bishop Museum — Bulletin 



You give life to ine. 



Do not shorten this life. 



Grant me the life which does not wane, 



And You shall have the kapu. 



Then they drank the three cups of anv and they ate the food which 

 Makna had prepared and explained that their gods were Kane-huH-honua, 

 the-Giver-of-Great-Lands ; Kane-puaa, the God-of-Sacrifices ; Hina-puku-ai, 

 who granted sufficient food, and Hina-puku-ia, who suppHed the food 

 from the sea. 



"You must worship your gods not only by prayer, but also by sacri- 

 fices," they said. "When offering food, ask Hina-puku-ai to carry it to 

 your gods, Kane and Kanaloa. If you are offering fish, call upon Hina- 

 puku-ia, for to her belongs the power over the fi.sh." 



Makua was very happy to learn from these old men that he should 

 worship his gods by sacrifices, for he had not known this before, and the 

 knowledge gave him new life. 



The men told him that there were many more useful things he should 

 add to his worship which they could not teach him, but someone might 

 come in the future who could teach him more. 



Then they prepared to depart, and as night was at hand Makua urged 

 them to stay until morning, but they said that they must hurry on to see 

 the strange fish which had come to land. Makua asked if this fish was 

 good to eat and they said they did not know, as they had not seen it and 

 had only heard of it through others. 



So these old men departed. They were very high gods, Kane-huli- 

 honua and Kane-puaa, and they had come to teach Makua the proper way 

 to pray and to sacrifice. They also wished to interest Makua in the great 

 fish. 



When Makua awoke the ne.xt day, he told his son to remain at home 

 while he went to Kahana to .see the big fish he had heard of. As he 

 came near the fish, he saw a great crowd about it. They all thought it 

 was dead. A man explained that the stone pali, or cliff, extending to the 

 sea was the fish. When it had come ashore, its tail and its back had been 

 seen, but now it was covered with sand and looked like a pali. 



While Makua was looking at it, he heard a great noise and saw a great 

 crowd of men and women covered with leis coming to see the fish. When 

 they reached it, they climbed upon its back and jumped from it into the 

 water. They had been to see the fish before and had now returned to 

 dive from it, covered with leis as their custom was. They were enjoying 

 it greatly, as the fish gave them their first opportunity to dive, for up to 

 this time there had been no cliffs on their shore. 



