the dog
tracked, and is about to kill both dog and master when he bethinks
himself. He has been troubled by the blowing of a conch shell, Kuana, by
the spirits above Waipio, and he now promises life if the dog will bring
him the shell. This the dog effects in the night, though breaking a
piece in his flight, and the king, delighted, rewards the master with
land in Waipio.

2. CONTESTS WITH SPIRITS

The son of Kakaalaneo, king of Maui and Kanikaniaula, uproots all the
breadfruit trees of Lahaina to get the fruit that is out of reach, and
does so much mischief with the other children born on the same day with
him, who are brought to court for his companions, that they are sent
home, and he is abandoned on the island of Lanai to be eaten by the
spirits. His god shows him a secret cave to hide in. Each night the
spirits run about trying to find him, but every time he tricks them
until they get so overworked that all die except Pahulu and a few
others. Finally his parents, seeing his light still burning, send a
double canoe to fetch him home with honor. This is how Lanai was cleared
of spirits.[1]

[Footnote 1: Daggett tells this story.]

LEPE

A trickster named Lepe lives at Hilo, Hawaii, calls up the spirits by
means of an incantation, and then fools them in every possible way.

HANAAUMOE

Halalii is the king of the spirits on Oahu. The ghost of Hawaii is
Kanikaa; that of Maui, Kaahualii; of Lanai, Pahulu; of Molokai, Kahiole.
The great flatterer of the ghosts, Hanaaumoe, persuades the Kauai chief,
Kahaookamoku, and his men to land with the promise of lodging, food, and
wives. When they are well asleep, the ghost come and eat them up--"they
made but one smack and the men disappeared." But one man, Kaneopa, has
suspected mischief and hidden under the doorsill where the king of the
spirits sat, so no one found him. He returns and tells the Kauai king,
who makes wooden images, brings them with him to Oahu, puts them in
place of his men in the house; while they hide without, and while the
ghosts are trying to eat these fresh victims, burns down the house and
consumes all but the flatterer, who manages to escape.

PUNIA.

The artful son of Hina in Kohala goes to the cave of lobsters and by
lying speech tricks the shark who guard it under their king, Kaialeale.
He pretends to dive, throws in a stone, and dives in another place. Then
he accuses one shark after another as his accomplice,