bout Laieikawai, straightway there entered into
me desire after that woman; then sleepless were my nights with the wish,
to see her; so I sailed and came to Hawaii, two of us went up, until at
daylight we reached the uplands of Paliuli; when I went to see the
chief's house, it was very beautiful, I was ashamed; therefore I
returned here. I returned, in fact, thinking that the little sisters
were the ones to get my wish; I fetched them, made the journey with the
girls to the house of the princess, let them do their best; when, as it
happened, they were all refused, all four sisters except the youngest;
for shame I returned. Surely that woman is the most stubborn of all, she
has no equal."

While Aiwohikupua talked of Laieikawai's stubbornness, Hauailiki was
sitting at the feast, the young singer of Mana, a chief of high rank on
the father's side and of unrivaled beauty.

He arose and said to Aiwohikupua, "You managed the affair awkwardly. I
do not believe her to be a stubborn woman; give me a chance to stand
before her eyes; I should not have to speak, she would come of her own
free will to meet me, then you would see us together."

Said Aiwohikupua, "Hauailiki, I wish you would go to Hawaii; if you get
Laieikawai, you are a lucky fellow, and I will send men with you and a
double canoe; and should you lose in this journey then your lands become
mine, and if you return with Laieikawai then all my lands are yours."

After Aiwohikupua had finished speaking, that very night, Hauailiki
boarded the double canoe and set sail, but many days passed on the
journey.

As they sailed they stood off Makahanaloa, and, looking out, saw the
rainbow arching above the beach of Keaau. Said Aiwohikupua's chief
counsellor to Hauailiki, "Look well at that rainbow arching the beach
there at Keaau. There is Laieikawai watching the surf riding."

Said Hauailiki, "I thought Paliuli was where she lived."

And on the next day, in the afternoon, when they reached Keaau,
Laieikawai had just returned with Aiwohikupua's sisters to Paliuli.

When Hauailiki's party arrived, behold many persons came to see this
youth who rivaled Kauakahialii and Aiwohikupua in beauty, and all the
people of Keaau praised him exceedingly.

Next day at sunrise the mist and fog covered all Keaau, and when it
cleared, behold! seven girls were sitting at the landing place of Keaau,
one of whom was more beautiful than the rest. This was the very first
time that the sist