So Maui-mua said, ' Tell me, where is the fire ' \ The Alae replied, ' It is in the leaf- 

 stalk of the ape plant.' So, by the direction of the Alae, Maui-mua began to rub the 

 leaf-stalk of the ape with a piece of stick, but the fire would not come. Again ho 

 asked, ' Where is the fire ' % And the Alae said, ' In the leaf-stalk of the halo' And 

 he tried that also without success. And that is the reason why there is a long hollow 

 on the leaf-stalk of the ape and Jcalo to this day. Again he asked, ' Where is the fire 

 that you are hiding from me"? The Alae answered, ' In a green stick.' And he 

 rubbed a green stick, but got no fire. So it went on, until finally the Alae told him 

 he would find it in a dry stick. And so indeed he did. But Maui-mua, in revenue 

 for the conduct of the Alae, after he had got the fire from the dry stick, said ' Now 

 there is one more thing to try : ' and he rubbed the top of the Alae's head till it was 

 red with blood, and the red spot remains there to this day." 



Frontal shield of Oallinula sandvicensis. ('Ibis,' 1877, p. 25.) 



