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running', or climbing the sea,—from kama, a child, pH, to 
run or climb, and Icai, the sea) was priest of a temple in 
Kohala, dedicated to Kanenuiakea. The exact period 
of their history when he lived, we have not been able 
to ascertain; but it is added, that the god appeared to 
him in a vision, and revealed to him the existence, 
situation, and distance of Tahiti , and directed him to 
make a voyage thither. In obedience to the communi¬ 
cation, he immediately prepared for the voyage, and, 
with about forty of his companions, set sail from Ha¬ 
waii in four double canoes. After an absence of fifteen 
years, they returned, and gave a most flattering account 
of Haupokane, the country which they had visited. 
We know of no island in the neighbourhood called by 
tlris name, which appears to be a compound of Haupo, 
sometimes a lap, and Kane, one of their gods. Among 
other things, they described the one rauena , a peculiar 
kind of sandy beach, well stocked with shell-fish, &c. 
The country, they said, was inhabited by handsome 
people, whose property was abundant, and the fruits 
of the earth delicious and plentiful. There was also a 
stream or fountain, which was called the wai ora roa, 
(water of enduring life.) 
Kamapiikai made three subsequent voyages to the 
country he had discovered, accompanied by many of 
the Sandwich Islanders. From the fourth voyage 
they never returned, and were supposed to have pe¬ 
rished at sea, or to have taken up their permanent resi¬ 
dence at Tahiti. Many were induced to accompany 
this priest to the country he visited, for the purpose of 
bathing in the life-giving waters, in consequence of the 
marvellous change they were reported to produce in 
those who used them; for it was said, that however 
