132 Bernice P. Bishop Museum — Bulletin 



Makua opened his eyes and saw a great crowd curiously watching him. 

 His friends took him to their home and having given him food, asked 

 him to tell all his experiences, and how he had come back from death. 



So Makua told all that had happened to him from the moment he had 

 been swallowed by the fish. His friends considered him very foolish to 

 have broken the laws of the land that is hidden from the eyes of man. 



Now we shall see what Kane and Kanaloa had been doing. They had 

 put the boy to sleep and had taken his spirit to the hidden land to meet 

 his mother. The boy slept peacefully until the shark bit his body in 

 two. This wakened him, and remembering his dream, he was very sad. 

 But he recalled the words of the gods, and was comforted by the thought 

 that his father was happy in the land of the blest. So he went to the 

 farm, where he again fell asleep and in his dreams saw his father's return 

 and knew all his story. This great joy awakened him, and he was sad 

 to find it only a dream. So he took his carrying stick and returned home 

 with his burden. There he was greatly astonished to see his father sitting 

 before the door and wailing — he ran to him and heard his story. 



Makua was now too old to work. The boy labored for him, getting 

 food and fish. In due time the father died and the boy, wrapping the body 

 in tapa, carried it to a cave near Koolaupoko and there Makua was buried. 



