right. 2.
The ball of the left foot (still advanced) gently pressed on
the floor; the heel swings back and forth, describing an arc
of some 30 or 40 degrees. 8. The left foot is set firmly in
the last position, the body inclining to it as the base of
support; the right foot is advanced obliquely, and 4,
performs the heel-swinging motions above described, arms
pointing obliquely to the right.

_Figure B_.--Hands pressed to the waist, fingers directed
forward, thumbs backward, elbows well away from the body;
left foot advanced as in figure A, 1, body inclining to the
right. 2. The left foot performs the heel-waving motions, as
above. 3. Hands in same position, right foot advanced as
previously described. 4. The right foot performs the swinging
motions previously described--the body inclined to the left.

_Figure C_.--In this figure, while the hands are pressed as
before against the waist, with the elbows thrown well away
from the body, the performer sways the pelvis and central
axis of the trunk in a circular or elliptical orbit, a
movement, which, carried to the extreme, is termed ami.

There are other figures and modifications, which the
ingenuity and fancy of performers have introduced into this
dance; but this account must suffice.

[Illustration:
LADY DANCING THE HULA KU'I]

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Given a demand for a _pas seul_, some pleasing dance
combining grace with dexterity, a shake of the foot, a twist
of the body, and a wave of the hands, the hula ku'i filled
the bill to perfection. The very fact that it belonged by
name to the genus hula, giving it, as it were, the smack of
forbidden fruit, only added to its attractiveness. It became
all the rage among dancing folk, attaining such a vogue as
almost to cause a panic among the tribunes and censors of
society. Even to one who cares nothing for the hula per se,
save as it might be a spectacle out of old Hawaii, or a
setting for an old-time song, the innocent grace and
Delsartian flexibility of this solo dance, which one can not
find in its Keltic or African congeners, associate it in mind