avenous
man-eating _Niuhi_ (verse 19), the final remark as to the
rarity of the king's visits, _He loa o ka hiki'na_ (verse
21), may be taken not only as a salve to atone for the
satire, but as a sly self-gratulation that the affliction is
not to be soon repeated.
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XXX.--THE HULA KOLEA

There was a peculiar class of hulas named after animals, in
each one of which the song-maker developed some
characteristic of the animal in a fanciful way, while the
actors themselves aimed to portray the animal's movements in
a mimetic fashion. To this class belongs the hula _kolea_.[411]
It was a peculiar dance, performed, as an informant asserts,
by actors who took the kneeling posture, all being placed in
one row and facing in the same direction. There were gestures
without stint, arms, heads, and bodies moving in a fashion
that seemed to imitate in a far-off way the movements of the
bird itself. There was no instrumental accompaniment to the
music. The following mele is one that was given with this
hula:

Kolea kai piha![412]
I aha mai nei?
Ku-non[413] mai nei.
E aha kakou?
5 E ai kakou.[414]
Nohea ka ai?[415]
No Kahiki mai.[415]
Hiki mai ka Lani,[415]
Olina Hawaii,
10 Mala'ela'e ke ala,
Nou, e ka Lani.
Puili pu ke aloha,
Pili me ka'u manu.[416]
Ka puana a ka moe?
15 Moe oe a hoolana
[Page 220] Ka hali'a i hiki mai;
Ooe pu me a'u
Noho pu i ka wai aliali.
Hai'na ia ka pauna.
20 O ka hua o ke kolea, aia i Kahiki.[417]
Hiki mai kou aloha, mae'ele au.

[Footnote 411: The plover.]

[Footnote 412: _Kolea kai piha_. The kolea is a feeder along
the shore, his range limited to a narrower strip as the tide
rises. The snare was one of the methods used by the Hawaiians
for the capture of this bird. In his efforts to escape when
snared he made that futile bobbing motion with his head that
must be famili