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gods, one large, and the other small; that they 
were adopted by the people, and placed among 
the Hawaiian gods; that the above-mentioned 
temple of Mokini was erected for them, where 
they were worshipped according to the direction 
of Paao, who became a powerful man in the 
nation. The principal event preserved of his life* 
however, respects a child of Kahoukapu, whose 
mother was a woman of humble rank, but which 
was spared at the solicitations of Paao. After his 
death, his son, Opiri, officiated in his temple; and 
the only particular worthy of note in their account 
of his life, is his acting as interpreter between the 
king and a party of white men who arrived at the 
island.—We forbear making any comment on the 
above, though it naturally originates a variety of 
interesting inquiries. We heard a similar account 
of this priest at two other places during our tour^ 
namely, at Kairua, and at the first place we visited 
after setting out. * 
During our journey to-day we also passed an¬ 
other place, celebrated as the residence of the 
brother of Kana i a warrior; in comparison with 
the fabulous account of whose achievements, the 
descriptions in the Arabian Nights’ Entertain¬ 
ments are tame. He is described as having been 
so tall, that he could walk through the sea from 
one island to another; stand with one foot on the 
island of Oahu, and the other on Tauai, which is 
seventy miles distant. 
The tale which recounts his adventures states, 
that the Hawaiians, on one occasion, offended a 
king of Tahiti; who, in revenge, deprived them of 
the sun; that, after the land had remained some 
time in darkness, Kana walked through the sea to 1 
Tahiti, where Kahoaarii, who according, to their 
