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6. Ina i hooluuia i ka hili a pau ia, alalia, 

 hooluu hou ma ka lepo, a lilo ia i kapa eleele, 

 ua kapaia he pulou kahi inoa, he ouholowai 

 kahi inoa. 



7. Ina i hooluuia i ka mao, ke kapa omao- 

 raao no io, ina hooluuia i ka holei he lenalena 

 ia kapa, ina hooluu ole ia, he keokeo ia kapa, 

 ina i kuku pu ia me ka welu ula, he paiula 

 ia kapa. 



8. He nui ka inoa o na kapa, ua kapaia 

 ma ke ano o ka wahine hooluu ana, e like me 

 ke ano o ia hooluu ana, pela no ke ano e kapa 

 ia aku ai. 



9. He nui ke ano o na pa'u ke hooluuia, 

 ina i hooluuia i ka olena, he kamalena ia pa'u, 

 ina hooluuia i ka niu, he halakea ia pa'u, pela 

 no ka nui o na inoa ma ka hooluu ana a ka 

 wahine. 



ID. Pela no ka nui o na malo ma ke ano 

 o ka hooluu ana, ina hooluuia i ka noni, he 

 kuaula ia malo, he pukohukohu, he puakai, o 

 ka pa'u i hooluuia i ka olena, he pa'upalupalu 

 ia, he uaua kahi pa'u, e like me ke hapalapala 

 ana, pela i nui ai na inoa. 



1 1 . Pela no ko na malo mau inoa, he puali 

 kahi malo, he kapeke kahi malo. 



12. O keia mau mea ko Hawaii mau mea 

 aahu, mau mea hume, a mea kakua oia na mea 

 i pono ai ka poe kahiko o Hawaii nei. 



6. If the kapa was dj-ed with kukui, it 

 was d3'ed again with mud ; then was the kapa 

 black and it was called pulou or ouholowai. 



7. If the dye-stuff was mao then the kapa 

 was green ; if holei the kapa was yellow ; if no 

 dye was used the kapa was white ; if beaten 

 together with red bits [of kapa] the kapa is 

 called paiula. 



8. Man}- were the names of kapa derived 

 from the manner in which the women colored 

 or stamped it. 



9. Various were the tints the pa'u were 

 dyed ; when dyed with olena the pa'u was kama- 

 lena ; when dyed with cocoanut, the pa'u was 

 halakea. Many were the names from the dye- 

 ing of the women. 



10. So the malo was named according to 

 its coloring ; dyed with noni the malo was kua- 

 ula, pukohukohu, or puakai. A pa'u dyed 

 with olena was soft and was called uaua. Like- 

 wise the pattern printed on kapa gave names. 



11. Some malos were called puali [gird- 

 ing], others kapeke or two-colored. 



12. These things were the clothing of 

 Hawaii tied or girded around the loins as seemed 

 good to ancient Hawaiians. 



The next record of importance to oitr stnd}- is b_y George Bennett, F. L. S. He 

 writes, — "On the loth Dec, 1829, I visited the district of Wouhala on Oahn. Among 

 the specimens collected were, — A species of C5'athodes called pokeaive by the natives, 

 bearing small red berries ... .A species of Phytolacca called poporo Inmai by the natives. 

 The berries. . . .^-ield a reddish brown juice used for dyeing native cloth; the berries 

 are internall}' of a purplish red colour. . . .A species of Dianella named nki by the 

 natives, bearing small berries of a mazarine blue, which are used by the natives in 

 making a permanent blue dye . . . .The turmeric plant {Cnraana longa) called oretna by 

 the natives, is abundant, wild; the root, as well as that of the noni {Morinda citrifolia) 

 is used for dyeing the native cloth of a bright yellow colour.'"^ 



In 1834 Frederick Debell Bennett, Esq., F.R.G.S., visited the Hawaiian Islands 

 on a whaling voyage, undertaken, on the part of Dr. Bennett, to study the anatomy 

 and habits of the southern whales. The information he gives us is interesting, if it 



"An Account nf the Sandal Wood tree, etc. Magazine of Nat. Hist. London, v, 255. 



ME.MOIRH B. 1*. B. .Ml'SEUM. \'0L. III. — \. 



