ly of their performances
as mere child's play; and when his remark was reported to the King
he challenged the young man to meet him in a boxing encounter. When
Kalelealuaka came into the presence of the King his royal adversary
asked him what wager he brought. As the youth had nothing with
him, he seriously proposed that each one should wager his own body
against that of the other one. The proposal was readily accepted. The
herald sounded the signal of attack, and both contestants rushed
at each other. Kalelealuaka warily avoided the attack by the King,
and hastened to deliver a blow which left his opponent at his mercy;
and thereupon, using his privilege, he robbed the King of his life,
and to the astonishment of all, carried away the body to lay as
a sacrifice on the altar of the temple, hitherto unconsecrated by
human sacrifice, which he and his father Kaopele had recently built
in honor of their deity.

After a time there reached the ear of Kalelealuaka a report of the
great strength of a certain chief who lived in Hanalei. Accordingly,
without saying anything about his intention, he went over to the
valley of Hanalei. He found the men engaged in the game of throwing
heavy spears at the trunk of a cocoanut-tree. As on the previous
occasion, he invited a challenge by belittling their exploits, and
when challenged by the chief, fearlessly proposed, as a wager, the
life of one against the other. This was accepted, and the chief had
the first trial. His spear hit the stem of the huge tree and made
its lofty crest nod in response to the blow. It was now the turn
of Kalelealuaka to hurl the spear. In anticipation of the failure
of the youth and his own success, the chief took the precaution to
station his guards about Kalelealuaka, to be ready to seize him on
the instant. In a tone of command our hero bade the guards fall back,
and brandishing his spear, stroked and polished it with his hands from
end to end; then he poised and hurled it, and to the astonishment of
all, lo! the tree was shivered to pieces. On this the people raised
a shout of admiration at the prowess of the youth, and declared he
must be the same hero who had slain the chief at Wailua. In this way
Kalelealuaka obtained a second royal sacrifice with which to grace
the altar of his temple.

One clear, calm evening, as Kalelealuaka looked out to sea, he
descried the island of Oahu, which is often clearly visible from
Kauai, and asked his father what land